HI Margaret, I'm in Zone 8 also. No squash borers this spring or last. When I lived on the Gulf Coast I had Squash borers every year. I'm about 250 miles inland now and no borers yet. Happy Gardening, Allen Bastrop Co.,Tx Zone 8 Margaret Lauterbach wrote: > At 11:31 AM 6/30/98 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > >Harry Boswell hboswell@netdoor.com > >USDA Zone 8 (Mississippi USA) > >Home Page: http://www2.netdoor.com/~hboswell > > > How are you able to foil the squash borers, Harry? George pulled out his > (dead) squash vines, and I think you're in the same zone. Margaret