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Re: (Fwd) Self sufficiency

I have read that any sort of seaweed is a great addition to the
garden--the Irish used to haul it up those damn cliffs for their beds.
One caution though--it is best to pile it up in a compost heap and let
it rot over a year's time so the salt will wash out of it. You can put
it straight on your garden when it is about to go dormant but you can
only do it once every four or five years because of the salt that washes
out. But because it is made of cellulouse it rots pretty quickly if kept
wet. I used some year-old in my garden in North Haven--by the next year
it was indistinguishable.  I haven't gotten around to bringing it to our
yard here in Gloucester, but I should because we are surrounded by
beaches, both harbor and otherwise, and seaweed is abundant. It's filled
with all sorts of minor nutrients that animal by-products don't seem to
have. Good stuff! We sell seaweed concentrate at the nursery I work at,
too.

Melissa in MA

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