As you are seeing once you get your soil into a good healthy condition so the plants that grow in that soil are strong and healthy the insect "pests" will be few and far between. For those of us that have seen and experienced this and tell others about it are often scoffed at because the mindset is that insects eating plants is normal, not abnormal and is caused because the soil is in poor health.

Hi Mrs H, good to "see" you. Here there are fewer SBs but still enough for me to notice them and pick off eggs and kill nymphs. Last evening it rained a bit so I went out to catch the adult SBs which always rise to the top to dry off, but to my surprise not a single one was found (not on squashes nor pumpkins). But the Sq vine borers are more than making up for the absence of the SBs. Most all the summer Squash are infected now with SVBs but by planting the pumpkins & winter squashes later I've been able to keep a closer eye on their root/stems and target "dust" with rotenone. Once the pumpkins & WS start to spread out and bloom though it'll be more vine for the borers to attack. A few stink bugs so far but not like last year when the tomatoes fell victim to them. Still a bit early to declare victory on these. vgkg

I haven't seen nearly as many Squash bugs this year either. I've seen a few adults, and squished 'em. Last night, I did find and eliminate lots of eggs on my zuchinni. I only found 2 adults and few nymphs. I also got one cuc beetle. I've also lost one plant to borers. I did resort to rotenone after the first SVB attack, and haven't seen evidence of more. I keep wondering why I haven't seen more SB's. Usually have already lost half my zuchinni plants by now. We had a rather mild winter, so I know that's not it. I tilled under my spring crops a little early due to drainage problems. Perhaps I tilled the eggs under before they hatched. Anyhow, I'm glad they haven't come-out in full force yet. They could disappear permanently and I'd be very happy.

Darn, I thought it was my excellent gardening techniques. Guess it's a natural phenomenon. Glad to hear that you all are having less bug problems too. Maybe the weather is not as conducive (sp?) as usual to bug survival??? I did consider that maybe aliens in UFO's had taken squash and stink bugs for scientific experimentation. Gee that would be nice :)
Mrs H