our first four dollars

what a great day. today kent's cousin tito and the other bombaderos(firemen) came by in their fire truck to buy some bunches of platanos. we made our first four dollars! as they were leaving the produce truck came by, talk about fresh farmer's market and they deliver to boot. these guys drive around with a loudspeaker singing the praises of their produce and calling out what they've got today "carrots, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, mango, mango, mango..." and you just step outside (luckily we're usually hanging out in the yard or on the porch) and they weigh your picks. i got a huge bag for four dollars with potatoes, corn, onions, carrots, cucumbers, garlic and cabbage. then limon asked the guy if he buys plantains and bananas. he walked around the property and chatted it up for a bit and helped limon sack 4 big bunches of platano and banana. then he gave us $10 and said he'd be back in two weeks to buy the ones that are green now. so all in all we made $14 off

our trees today! our first profit- it feels really good. i just picked some of my firey hot chongo chilis and some culantro and basil and not to forget our limones! the tree is falling down with them- i'm off to make soup, and definately do some gardening!