Seaweed

What Did I Find on the Beach?

June 10, 2009

By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com I just got a comment from Cindy K. on a blog post that asks this question: What’s currently washing up in high numbers along Bradenton Beach/Anna Maria Island beaches, along with the seaweed, in the surf line? They look like bone-colored quills or needles — like white pine needles. We’ve [...]

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Seaweed for the Garden

June 6, 2009

Yesterday I went boogie boarding at Upham Beach and noticed that there were piles of turtle grass and manatee grass on the beach. Several days of onshore winds have been increasing the amounts of seaweed on the beach. I decided that a couple of bags of seaweed would be very good for my garden, so [...]

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I’ll Have a Pound of Seaweed, To Go

March 23, 2009

I spent quite a bit of time with my buddy Alex Kerr foraging for edible wild plants on Anna Maria Island in the mid 1970′s. We were inspired by Euell Gibbons’ books,  like “Stalking the Wild Asparagus”, and especially his “Beachcomber’s Handbook.” I also relied heavily on Julia F. Morton’s “Wild Plants for Survival in [...]

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