When your Anglo-Celtic genes fail you and you’re a hot sweaty mess in tropical Cuba, afflicted by a week long bout of diarrhoea, do the following: meet a Peruvian born Cuban surgeon at a conference who takes you to his spacious apartment to meet his completely charming wife; then find that he starts digging around for ‘blocking’ medication for your impending long haul flight, then shows you his father’s private photos of Fidel Castro; finally have dinner together where you all discuss Cuba’s future and its need to fend off corporate neoliberalism while still opening its economy and government. Mucha(s) gracia(s) Sergio y Roma! #hotandsweaty #toomuchinformation #bodilyfunctions #solucky #imustlearnspanish #angloceltic #vivalarevolucion #fidelcastro #neoliberalismsucks #firstworldproblems

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Storm clouds last night in old Havana before an hour long drenching - the city feels cool and fresh this morning #oldhavana #cuba #stormclouds #oldcities #narrowstreets #neighbourhood

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Medicinal herbs for sale on a busy Saturday morning in old Havana. My colleague bought something for his upset stomach. From what I can gather most of these plants are foraged in Havana’s largest urban park, equivalent to say Yarra Bend in Melbourne...hoping to get out there next week #streetseller #pavementseller #medicinalherbs #medicinalplants #weedforaging #cuba #havana #dodgystomach

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Such odd ball plants these Oca/New Zealand Yams. I planted these straight into the ground from cuttings after equinox in late March. You can see that they barely formed any roots and just went straight into tuber production. When you do it this way you can plant them very densely! #strangeplants #oxalistuberosa #lostcropsoftheincas #reallydelicious #plantsfromcuttings #pinktuber #pinkplant #novelcrops #novelcropsproject #panc #plantsofperu #plantpropagation #stemtuber #ancientcrop

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Today was harvest and cook-up day in the plots for the final class of semester in Food Production for Urban Landscapes - always a great privilege to teach super-bright enthusiastic students who want to grow food! #burnleyfieldstation #lastdayofsemester #harvestingcrops #awesomestudents #changetheworld #finallyasunnyday #urbanagriculture #thatsnotazucchini #newzealandyams #oxalistuberosa #chokos #sechiumedule

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When too many Sweet Potatoes is never enough...today my class and I got soaked in cold sheets of rain followed by late afternoon sunshine - never has being shivery and uncomfortable felt so good! #burnleyfieldstation #rainyday #morerainplease #keepraining #abitmuddy #harvesting #ilovesweetpotatoes #teachingoutdoors

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The Famous Final Five decanting their Rosemary cuttings - counting and judging roots from different hormone treatments; what does better: 1000ppm, 3000ppm, 8000ppm or nothing? 🤔. The answer may just surprise you...or will it?? #plantpropagation #takingcuttings #plantgrowthhormones #sometraditionsneverdie #groundhogday #burnleynursery #lastoftheirkind #thelasttime #rosemaryisforremembrance

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A 50 kilo haul today of sweet potatoes from the kitchen garden at the Northcote Aquatic and Recreation Centre headed to the centre’s cafe and to #fareshare. One tuber came in at 5 kilos (seen glowing next to @seedy_sal ‘s head). Awesome sweet potato dishes from @plants_and_fronds and @seedy_sal #sweetpotato #bigtubers #urbanagriculture #kitchengarden #studentvolunteers #gettingorganised #autumnharvest

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A day in the Dandenongs with the Famous Final Five today visiting #metrotrees and #yaminarareplants (here in the pics) #nurseries #urbantrees #rareplants #dandenongs #familyouting #kidsgetinthecar #urbanhorticulture

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Such a privilege today to talk and dig sweet potatoes with Tessie and Julie from Papua New Guinea down at the Baguley Farm in Clayton South. Tessie and Julie are with Kate from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. The giant 4kg + Sweet Potato in the pic is a white heirloom variety from the United States #sweetpotatoes #pnggardener #fareshare #foodforchange #asrc #foodsecurity #growingfood #foodcharity #urbanagriculture #claytonsouth #marketgardens

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Grass in bath? No, water chestnuts being a “grass-like sedge” in a bath and indulging in last sunlight of the day - it’s going to be a bumper crop! #eleocharisdulcis #waterchestnuts #aquaticplants #growingplantsinwater #swampplants #asianveggies #australiannativeplants #lookslikegrass #plantingdesign #verygreen #verylush #novelcrops #panc

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Six weeks ago this was a late summer dust bowl, now a thriving mini-market/community garden - well done students! (but come and pick your zucchinis!!) #urbanagriculture #urbanhorticulture #burnleyfieldstation #growingveggies #lushgrowth #studentsdoinggood #wheresmyshare

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