I pruned off more of the lime tree. It has about 1/8th the foliage left. All is damaged (the entire tree was in sad shape from not just the papaya mealy bug infestation (Paracoccus marginatus), but also from other pests – I have sadly neglected it!), but not as badly as what I removed....
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Yesterday, on our way back from grocery shopping, we stopped at an Ayurvedic doctor’s office to pick up some beeswax and neem oil (Hindi) / kohomba oil (Sinhala). Sounds strange to a westerner to go to an Ayurvedic doctor to pick up those things, but Fahim tells me that to get a decent quality...
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We don’t have a very large plot of land, so don’t have a very large garden, but we do maximize where we can. Unfortunately, increasingly, we’ve got pest problems. Or, rather, since I’m the Keeper of the Plants, I’ve got a pest problem. And, honestly, I have no idea what these pests are or...
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