Anne, have you tried using floating row cover over your veggies? I had a beautiful, practically insect-free bed of veggies this spring. See John Mertus's website, www.cog.brown.edu/gardening , click on "Yalpings from the Twilight Zone" then "floating row cover." He has interesting stuff on his website, and some of his humor pieces will crack your ribs...Margaret L >I have also started planting some vegetables again, with minor success. I >hate using chemicals (my hubby is a chemist) and the bugs love this Florida >weather as much as I do. They are getting more produce from the garden than >I am. Ah well, I have learned ways to keep my flowers going, I will learn >to keep the veggies going to, eventually. >Anne in FL >zone 9b, sunset 26