{"id":657,"date":"2010-08-04T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/08\/waving-the-white-flag.html"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:16:47","slug":"waving-the-white-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/08\/waving-the-white-flag.html","title":{"rendered":"Waving the White Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Squashplant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Squashplant-300x200.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Bidding My Squash Plants Goodbye<\/p>\n<p>I surrender&#8230;the squash bugs have won. 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