garden update

With the heat here- in the mid 90s (F) each day - the garden is going gangbusters.

more potatoes and Swiss chard.  I actually think I am going to have to harvest the potatoes soon.  The Swiss chard needs to be eaten and soon.

Tomatoes are pulling over the tomato cages, but there are lots of them to harvest.  I went out at lunch today and picked all the ripe tomatoes and this evening there were another 5-10 large tomatoes to harvest.  I guess I need to get hoping making pizza sauce and salsa to freeze up for the winter.

The hot pepper are out of control.  I learned my lesson this week- when a hot pepper has a name "cherry bomb"- it does not refer to the red color!!!  I took one little sliver of the pepper and I thought my mouth was going to explode.  it took a glass of milk to rid my mouth of of taste.  I did try the other 2 peppers- not nearly hot and definitely ones I might consider growing again, just not so many.

the corn is doing great.I am a little concerned that the silks are turning brown and the ears are not too big, but we'll see how it goes.

The sunflowers that have not bloomed yet.  But they are getting close to blooming.

Hijo's first tomato.  It was not ripe at lunch. 


Hijo continues to react to my being out of town last week.  The cycle seems to take longer to actually come to a head, but it comes eventually.  I suppose this is good that it takes longer for the acting out to come- but I am not sure.  Some behavior is definitely just 4 year old behavior, but I can not ignore that the behavior stems from the trauma of adoption.  I read Cindy's blog, and I am so grateful for her words and experience- they are helping me see more signs in Hijo.  I don't that hijo has the extremes that Cindy has and is dealing with, but he does show the same types of behaviors when his world is upset.  So when I travel, I know to expect acting out when I get home.  The fact that it gets further and further from the time I come home seems to be a good thing, it means he is learning to control his emotions and gain the knowledge that I always come back.  Time does heal, lessons are reinforced and learning takes place.  I am hopeful that with time, as hijo grows, that he will not act out after trips.  But I worry for other changes coming soon- school.  Again he will loose something precious- time with my sister, brother-in-law, Jas and the puppies (Ginger and Izzy).  I am not sure how school is going to affect him, but the fact that I might be traveling right after school starts is not going to help matter.  I am trying not to worry about it, but I can't help it at times.  I want to spare hijo the pain and I want to spare myself from the emotional drain of fighting with hijo when I get back.  Our fighting is a battle for control- hijo wants it to punish me for leaving him, I want control to keep our family on course.  We are at odds in this battle.  Once the routine returns to normal, things are good- it is just getting us back on track.
Life is full of ups and downs and we will get through this, but prayers are appreciated.


Love and hugs,
Momma