Squash Bug Season

So how many squash bugs and leaf footed bugs did you kill today? I killed about 300 or so...mean devils plus numerous eggs. I put on thick gloves and mash the stinky (literally) critters. I spray the ground under each plant with a mixture of garlic, cayenne, castile soap and oil....they come running from their hiding places....and then I get'em. 

Yes, it's squash bug season here in the south.  We grow many different kinds of squash and some of the butternut, pumpkin, acorn, spaghetti, zucchini, yellow squash and other squash plants are not affected but some are. Building and improving our soils along with help from our resident ducks, chickens and turkeys is helping but we still share with the bugs and that is indeed no fun.  

Shhh, they haven't been hungry enough to bother the cucumbers yet....and we won't tell them where they are either!

Butternut Squash - Little Eden Heirloom Farm

Butternut Squash - Little Eden Heirloom Farm