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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Wendy; Does any specific type of marigold work better than others? There
are like a million varieties of just dwarf marigolds.  I like the look of
flowers in with the veggies, too.

Also, does anyone have a natural remedy for squash bugs and the virus they
apparently carry? They have destroyed ALL my squash, melons, and cucumbers
for 2 years now. I've tried every organic solution I could find, including
picking off eggs...they quickly got ahead of me. I covered my winter
squash with insect row covers, and they did well until I had to take the
covers off for pollination, then they died like the rest.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Organic claims on trial


> Lynda,
> I have found that anywhere I plant marigolds NOTHING bothers.  No voles,
no
> bunnies, no deer.  If I plant green beans without marigolds, nothing
will
> survive.  Something will always crop them to the ground before the beans
> even come on.  Same with green peppers.  Without marigolds I find vole
> diggings throughout.  With, not a one.  I buy marigold plants already
> started for this because I want the plants up before the beans do.  If
you
> have facilities to start them yourself, it would be a big money saver.
I
> grow in raised beds.  I plant the dwarf marigolds about every foot
around
> the edge and a row of giants about every two feet down the middle.
Looks
> cool too.
>
> Wendy
>
>