Seaweed

An Evening Walk at Fort Desoto Beach

July 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Had my nose to the grindstone all day, but managed to finish up some client work that wraps up a long project. I needed to get out of the house so I drove out to Fort Desoto Park for an evening walk. Snapped a few photos. I feel much [...]

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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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