"[H]omer" wrote in message
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Living near the beach, as I do, I have access to tonnes of seaweed, and
I remember hearing something about it being good for breaking up clay
and generally good for lawns etc.

SNIP

Saw a very old film about the Arran Isles which are mostly bare rock and
where any grass area was used for grazing. So for crops the islanders
collected the seaweed and laid it out on the bare rock in mounded rows and
grew their vegtables on it!
"Forced to rebuild their environment from the materials at hand, the
islanders literally created new soil by hand, by mixing beach sand with
seaweed, fish meal, and manure. Each patch of new soil was painstakingly
tended and used to grow potatoes and other vegetables, ..."

From: http://www.answers.com/topic/aran-islands

Slatts

I was on Arran last week visiting a friend. It is a beautiful place.
Woke up to see red squirrels on the feeders, including a black one.

Arran, with 2 r's, is a fertile island off west Scotland.

Janet, Isle of Arran.

--
Sue Begg

Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for
you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

"Spider" wrote in message
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As far as I'm aware, it's okay to remove seaweed. However, I rather doubt
that it's legal to 'steal' sand from the beach. Certainly, one can't take
rocks and cobbles from the beach. Knowing that at some resorts the
council
has to buy in sand to build up the beach, I can't see them being too happy
to have it depleted by opportunist gardeners.

Of course, you could always ask the local council or the National Trust
(who
own many coastlines) for permission.

Spider

Would the seaweed be Crown property, if it's below high water mark?

I doubt whether HM The Queen would want to lay claim to heaps of stinking
kelp, but His Organicness Prince Charles might !

In article ,
Duncan wrote:


Would the seaweed be Crown property, if it's below high water mark?

Yes.

I doubt whether HM The Queen would want to lay claim to heaps of stinking
kelp, but His Organicness Prince Charles might !

A) He is a mere subject, just like you and me, until his mother dies.

B) He would almost certainly want to encourage its use by private
collection :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Duncan" wrote in message
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"Spider" wrote in message
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As far as I'm aware, it's okay to remove seaweed. However, I rather
doubt
that it's legal to 'steal' sand from the beach. Certainly, one can't
take
rocks and cobbles from the beach. Knowing that at some resorts the
council
has to buy in sand to build up the beach, I can't see them being too
happy
to have it depleted by opportunist gardeners.

Of course, you could always ask the local council or the National Trust
(who
own many coastlines) for permission.

Spider

Would the seaweed be Crown property, if it's below high water mark?

Generally yes, but Magna Carta basically prevented the crown from depriving
the public of it rights that it enjoyed prior to Magna Carta, which was
navigation and fishing in the tidal zone, the gathering of seaweed has
probably been practiced for many millennia and may come under the auspices
of "fishing".

I doubt whether HM The Queen would want to lay claim to heaps of stinking
kelp, but His Organicness Prince Charles might !

"Sla#s" wrote in message
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"[H]omer" wrote in message
...
Living near the beach, as I do, I have access to tonnes of seaweed, and
I remember hearing something about it being good for breaking up clay
and generally good for lawns etc.

SNIP

Saw a very old film about the Arran Isles which are mostly bare rock and
where any grass area was used for grazing. So for crops the islanders
collected the seaweed and laid it out on the bare rock in mounded rows and
grew their vegtables on it!
"Forced to rebuild their environment from the materials at hand, the
islanders literally created new soil by hand, by mixing beach sand with
seaweed, fish meal, and manure. Each patch of new soil was painstakingly
tended and used to grow potatoes and other vegetables, ..."

From: http://www.answers.com/topic/aran-islands

Slatts



Seaweed is fantastic in compost bins and in worm bins where it sorts out
acidity /inbalance problems

Just pile it in your compost bins and be grateful for living near the sea