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newbie commenting on tiny gardens & bugs

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This is my first year of gardening.  I chose square foot in a 
homemade box surrounded on all sides by chickenwire (squirrels 
dig up everything within an hour!) since I'm in a rental house and 
can't really dig up the sod.

The problem I'm having is that my little 4 sq feet is the only garden 
in the area.  So of course, it draws every bug in sight.  *sigh*

Earwigs.  Aphids.  And some other teensy tiny little black fly thing 
that I don't know.....  might be what's destroying my beans.  wah.

Anyone ever use beneficial insects on 4 sq ft?  I went ahead and 
ordered some green lacewings, because I'd really like to get 
*something* other than the elephant garlic to harvest. (I'm thinking 
companion planting doesn't work, cuz my traumatized little beans 
are right next to the lush garlic and it doesn't seem to help them 
any)

I don't think I'll keep the lacewings around for long though.  Might 
not be enough food for them.  They'll skeedaddle to my neighbors' 
I'm sure, once they run out of bugs in my 4 sqft.

Mostly I just wanted to say Hi, complain a bit, and put the subject 
out there for comment.

Hi!

<whine whine>

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