Seaweed mulching!

 After all the strong winds we got now is a good time to be collecting seaweed to mulch around your fruit trees. This is by far the best thing you can add to your trees for health.

I just mulch a thick layer straight off the beach around my trees, just keep it about 6 inches or so from the trunk and this will all break down over time providing all sorts of good nutrients for your tree and soil. 

I love all the different types of fungi that come about when seaweed mulching, over the years I've noticed all sorts of mushrooms growing out of the base of our trees which Is always a good sign of soil health.

I never wash my seaweed either, just add straight from the beach.

Back in my old wheeling and dealing days I'd of been bagging this stuff up and selling it around the doors.

As I was bagging some up one day and carrying into the back of my van and just for a joke I was shouting at passerby, 

"Bags of seaweed for your garden only a tenner"!

This old lady came up and said can I buy one please?

I laughed and said I was only joking, theres a black bag and go and grab all you want yourself. 

She then said is it legal to collect seaweed and I said its better to ask for forgiveness and than permission!

And anyhow this is a gift from nature throwing it all up around the roads after a storm like we had, it's all going to lie and rot and cause even more problems on the paths and roads.

Someone did say the council come by and take it all away anyway so we are doing them a favour going and collecting this.

Only ever take seaweed thats been tossed up on the edge of the beach, never take seaweed thats stuck to rocks as its still living.

Have a great day guys..

Peace and love...