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101 | the <strong>Alamar</strong> travel guide<br />
green lettuces, carrots, tomatoes, culinary and<br />
medicinal herbs. The crops are all grown without<br />
the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or<br />
herbicides. Vivero <strong>Alamar</strong>, you will learn, is a<br />
completely organic operation.<br />
It is important to note that like most<br />
organoponico’s, it has its own selling point.<br />
Don’t miss the chance of a refreshing drink when<br />
entering the cooperative!<br />
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Patio Susana<br />
This patio is managed by the eclectic, original<br />
and welcoming Susana. She has been managing<br />
her own small business since 25 years now, first<br />
behind closed doors and now, since a few years,<br />
she is allowed to open it to the public. The place<br />
is literally a secret treasure of shade and colours.<br />
The love and passion this woman has for her<br />
plants will be transmitted to you as soon as you<br />
step in. Susana recreated a fresh and beautiful<br />
environment in her garden where she produces<br />
mainly medical plants and plants for religious<br />
purposes. She will explain to you which plant is<br />
used for the worship of which god according to<br />
the Santeria. She is a point of reference for the<br />
community and not only. Her patio gained in fame<br />
and people come to visit her even from abroad.<br />
Susanna recreated a unique environment, with<br />
a wooden gazebo and uses the most different<br />
containers for her plants, old cans, plastic basins<br />
and even a bathtub. This is a must/see patio<br />
during your tour of <strong>Alamar</strong>.<br />
9.13 - 9.14 Patio de Susana, <strong>Alamar</strong>,<br />
Cuba<br />
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Just in front of the patio take a look at the school<br />
and its small Huerto aimed to produce lettuce<br />
and other vegetables for the school canteen.<br />
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Organoponico on Avenida de los cocos<br />
A smaller organoponico worth a visit. If you<br />
kindly ask the owner to let you in you will have<br />
good chances of taking a look. This organoponico<br />
is smaller in size and only 3/4 people work here.<br />
The products are sold at the entrance. This<br />
organoponico, enclosed by trees and residential<br />
buildings in the back will give you an idea of all<br />
the other smaller organoponico’s scattered in<br />
the neighborhood.<br />
9.15 - 9.16 Organoponico on Avenida de<br />
los Cocos.
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