Hey! So cool you have decided to do some gardening, you should document it with pictures. My Tiny Garden Project this year will have it's come back too. It's gonna be huge xD Gonna literately grow everything, all the veggies. Probably will make the first update next week.

Good luck with your squashes. Pests are nasty. I am scaring mine away with garlic/lemon water, line of ashes around the garden, and Marigolds (yes, the flowers, believe it or not their scent scares some pests away, so not a bad idea to plant some of those between your other stuffs)