JOSÉ AND MAGDALENA

Magdalena and her daughter in front of their young pomegranate trees.

A woman waved at us from her doorway when we drove into Colonia Jardin. She seemed to know us but we couldn't remember stopping at her house. We  promised ourselves we'd go back that way on our way home. Later in the day we drove through the narrow opening in the fence and up to the front of the dwelling. The same woman came outside with a look of recognition and a on her face.
Finally we remembered we had stopped to give food to a couple one day near the church. They had a wheelbarrow and were searching for firewood. Now we were evidently old friends. They introduced themselves as Magdalena and José with their children and grandchildren. All the family members live in separate little structures within the same fenced area. Lloyd noticed immediately that they had started a garden and I noticed a straight line of holes about a foot deep crossing the yard. The holes looked like they were for fence posts, but we learned they were for planting fruit trees, specifically pomegranate trees! One mature tree that was more like a large bush was already filled with small green fruit. They also had lemon and lime trees and other unusual plants on their property.

Lloyd told José that he would bring vegetable seeds for their garden and also he would bring some fruit tree seedlings he had started in pots.  Now we'll want to keep visiting them to see how their garden grows.