Found this today, thought I'd share... from http://www.yardener.com/PreventingSquashVineBorer.html the link is below. Preventing Squash Vine Borer Problems If you are trying to minimize the impact of the borers in your yard you can try a fall crop. Plant squash by seed in July so when the plants are up the adult borer is gone from the area. Cook The Suckers To significantly reduce your garden's squash vine borer population over a 2- to 3-year period, use the crop cleanup trick. Pull up the crop vulnerable to squash vine borer as soon as they finish bearing and put the plant or the vines into a large plastic bag, preferably a big clear one if you can find such a bag. It is important that you don't wait till the very last squash or cucumber has been picked. Pull the plants when the main harvest is over and the plants still have a population of squash vine borers. After tying the bag, leave it in direct sun for a week or so. Nothing will survive that treatment, and a major source of next year's squash vine borer population will have been destroyed. I usu. just send the entire plant to the dump. I guess if you could burn it, that would insure their demise, eh? Attract predators to your yard -Flycatchers, barn swallows, downy woodpeckers, sparrows, blackbirds, grackles, and phoebes are some of the common birds that relish eating squash vine borers and the mother moths. Moles and toads will also go after borers. Wasp parasites kill the larvae and lacewings, spiders and ants eat the eggs. I have no idea if any of these actually work. Good Luck, Gumby_CT Here is a link that might be useful: Preventing Squash Vine Borer Problems

Glenda: Click on the link above in my first post and you will see pics of her. She is just beautiful. She is all black with huge green eyes. She is a real lover. Brenda: She just loved the pop-up house. As soon as I put it down she went into it. Lisa: Isn't it amazing how God works in strange ways. I said a prayer or two that they would get along before getting out of bed this morning. McLoving followed me into the bathroom and Boa heard me getting up and walked around the corner. McLoving stood her ground this time. They were four feet away from each other and having hissing fits, but neither one would back down. After hissing at each other for a few minutes they both walked away. They are too funny. That is the closest they have been to each other since McLoving arrived. I tried to bribe her out of the carrier Friday night with the Cat Sitter DVD. She wanted to run up to the TV but watched it from her carrier like she was at a drive-in. Boa hasn't caterwauled since McLoving arrived. I know McLoving will fill the void it's just going to take time. I tried calling Juanita last night but got her voice mail so I left her a message. I think she told me she is working on Mondays? She is much more affectionate than Bear was. She nose dives me all over when she's in bed with me. Last night she kept licking my face. I guess it must have looked dirty to her. That rough tongue on the cheek tickles. Maybe she was showering me with kisses for giving her a new home. She hasn't explored the upstairs yet. I think she is overwhelmed with just the first floor, sunroom and basement. She is in for a big surprise! Jenny

Wow! Looks like you got yourself a "mother" bulb there..when you take it out of the bag take another shot of it for us please..makes me want to buy another one!! Can you tell us about how big it actually is? Donna

So do we. We have had so many packages disappear that we were told were delivered over the years that we started using the P O Box for everything we could, and deliver the rest to our DD. At least we know it made it that far with informed delivery!