For the last two years, I’ve rented space at a Bloomington community garden. I’ve had a horrible time fighting insects – squash bugs, possibly vine borers, cabbage worm, etc. The garden’s are organic, but hand picking bugs didn’t dent the insect population. Last year I tossed all my cucumber and squash vines, turnips and cabbage. I see two choices: Move to a newly established garden, or stay where I am and use row covers. I’ve read all your on-line information on row covers and have a few questions. It mentions that row covers do not work “if curcurbits were planted in the same area.” What do you mean by area? I have a 4 ft x 15 ft area that has not had cucumber vines in 3 years, but it’s about 5 ft from last year’s bug infested area. Is this far enough away? Also, every garden plot near me had the same insect issue; the renters left bug infected vines in their plots at the end of the season; and the entire area was tilled last October. Could overwintering cocoons have been tilled into my areas? My assumption is that an area that has never been gardened would not have an insect issue that first year. Am I correct?