BerniceC: I highly recommend www.dirtdoctor.com for safer solutions to pest control.

BerniceC: Moth balls and napthalene flakes are petroleum products, and if you can smell them, they are getting into your lungs, and that is NOT good for you! To rid youself of pests, deprive them of their food supply. Cayenne pepper will repel mice and squirrels.

Foxy Lady: i live in eastern texas. it's about 50 today and we've only had a few nights under freezing this winter.

i started planting snow peas today. they're picked before they mature and eaten whole, usually in stir-fry, very tasty. i like them in a salad uncooked. good gardening to all.