I don't mean to be haunting your comments, but you might want to look into organic pest control and techniques like companion planting. There's this popuar trad

I don't mean to be haunting your comments, but you might want to look into organic pest control and techniques like companion planting. There's this popuar traditional American Indian one called the Three Sisters Garden, which is a method of growing three specific crops together that all benefit from each other's individual strengths to thrive and better fend off some pathogens. Regarding your squash bugs, if I remember correctly, some ants will hunt them without hurting your crops. That's maybe a little counter-intuitive, but it might be worth looking into. People have been farming organically for thousands of years. I'm sure much of it just comes down to knowledge about various crops and the local environment and then applying common sense and creativity.