LIMONERO: ANTES Y DESPUES

Lemon tree (was) very pretty. The dueña talked to us about having her "very trusted" gardener come in and take care of the lemon tree--prune, fertilize, etc. We said ok (as if we could say anything else). So she was here yesterday to check it out. We asked her to look at the stove (pilot light too high on left side, out on right side). She pulls up the . . .whatever those things are called. . .goes right into the. . . mechanisms, asks el sr J for a screwdriver, and sets to work. I'm amazed. She says, "sí, soy mecánica." I now have an altered view of the dueña.

So the guy goes to work on the tree. It takes him all day. He uses a machete. After he chops the branches off, he chops up everything into very small pieces and puts them into bags.

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