Butternuts can please squash bugs as well as the next cucurbit. It's the squash vine boers that they resist. It's a bit late for planting butternuts anyway, even in Zone 8. The probably should have gone in the ground by the end of July.

I was afraid that was the answer I'd get. Might as well fill it in with carrots or greens, or would it be best to just leave the soil alone until spring to let the bugs die out? What would I treat the soil with?

Thanks,
Jessica

All kinds of leafy greens, from collards to turnips, can go in now or very soon. Asian veggies are lots of fun to grow in the fall, also more salad greens, and spinach that will go all the way to spring.