Trolley 636

This being a small Sainsbury's trolley captured in the course of a Ewell Village anti-clockwise, just past Kiln Lane, just past a convenience store on the south side of East Street. A bit full of litter, presumably acquired from passing youth over the past 48 hours or so. Luckily I was wearing gloves with a rather rubbery finish and there was an empty litter bin across the road, so emptying the trolley was not a big deal. Returned to the very full stacks outside the front entrance to the Kiln Lane store.

Before the off, there had been a bit of snapping, both indoors and outdoors. Starting with this huge, velvety red amaryllis. Sprouting out of a not very big bulb - perhaps a four inch pot - bought from Wisley. The first time BH has grown one for a while, having in the past grown one most winters. I think with a bit of TLC you can get more than one year out of them, but second and subsequent years do not come up to the standard of the first.

Then, next to it, I noticed that the Aloe Vera was coming into flower. Something else that has not happened for a while. Maybe as much as five years ago. See reference 2.

Then outside, to see the Camassias of reference 3, repotted last Autumn, with at least three of them shooting well. Maybe this year we will get around to finding a permanent home for them. I dare say they would like a bit more sun than they will get if I leave them in this corner. See reference 3.

The three ponds have nearly become one.

And the jelly lichen is having a go. With reference 4 being early notice of same, back in the days with FIL first identified it for us. Well over a decade ago now.

While after the trolley, just by the parade shops at the bottom of Longmead Road, some chain-saw action. Maybe the people in the house behind the lorry were getting a bit restive about roots. Maybe the chain-saw people has some story about the dark rings to be seen in the otherwise pale timber being some sort of disease. Whatever the case, a shame to lose yet another tree as I believe that we need all we can get, reference 5 notwithstanding. I have only skimmed it, but I think the beef there is more destruction of ancient and valuable grasslands - rather than trees being a bad thing. There is also the point that one might get better value for money, by spending it on stopping, or at least slowing, the felling of ancient forests. Like those of the Amazon or Canada. For which last see reference 6.

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/02/trolley-635.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/search?q=tfc&max-results=20&by-date=true.

Reference 3: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/search?q=camassia.

Reference 4: https://pumpkinstrokemarrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/jelly-lichen.html.

Reference 5: Global tree-planting push threatens African grasslands, warns report: Research highlights risks posed by pan-continental reforestation project - Michael Peel, Kenza Bryan, Financial Times - 2024.

Reference 6: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/01/boreal-landscapes.html.

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