growing grapes, not so easy. still treating for rust. gotta do the same for the tomato plants as well.

the cucumbers and peppers are doing pretty good. no much to say about these guys other than i'm thinking about pickling the peppers.

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A quick update on the garden some things are going good, others are doing ok. thinking about changing up a few things. i'm going to try spinach again when it gets cool, too hot now to get a good harvest. grapes doing pretty good. i've been spraying fungicides to get rid of the spots on the leaves. but it doesn't really seem to help. strawberries have a low yeld, not sure what variety they are. got a new tomato plant a "black prince" said to be great for sauces. i'll post some new stuff on the garden later, gotta get back to drawing

some new sketches im working on...