Well-known herbalist Dr. Rosita Arvigo, in a video conference with Pro-Organic Belize members last week, updated them on her 40 years’ experience of organic gardening. According to Dr. Arvigo, her essential roles with gardening has brought shares of failures and success.
While gardening on a one-acre plot, some 1,800 feet above the Macal River, she discovered that her vegetable production had decreased and the topsoil became hard and brittle. That problem was solved with several bags of compost obtained from the nearby Chaa Creek Resort.
Today, Dr. Arvigo maintains a vegetable garden that during one season can produce ingredients for 500 salads. Her varied products have medicinal values as well.