Counting....

With only a couple weeks left here, I'm counting both the days 'til home and seeing the ones I love, and the things we've accomplished here.

There have been many ups and downs, twists and turns on our way. A week or so ago, I'd thought that there may not be enough time to collect enough information to start what I wanted to start here. Now, as I look at the connections made, the people I've met and the mysteries of this very different culture, I think I can see a way thru.

Dona Anna's garden ( the one I first visited) is up in Nosara village proper. People already go to her and buy vegetables. She is well enough known by the locals and foreigners alike. She has hired two Tico men who are working there full time, and being fed by her and live there, on her land (not always reliable help, tho). Dona Anna's biggest challenge is that she needs help and some cash injection for a new pump for her well. There is enough demand here for her to expand, but she is only one person. I think that if I can express to her (again, limited Spanish) some of the concepts from my CSA and other gardens I've gotten to know, plus some cash for that pump, and perhaps connect her with some of the resources I've collected she might be able to enhance what she's already got.