Organic plant food

Plants love kelpl/seaweed

Ice in the cove

You've seen this pic before,this is the little cove where I collect kelp/seaweed for my garden.It seems the ice pan's have taken a like'n to it to.

 Here's a pile of kelp /seaweed composting away  at the beach.It's a nice size pile,just a bit is showing out of the snow.

Food for the soil

Fall is a busy time in the nl kitchen garden,one job is gathering kelp/seaweed to add to the soil for next year.After a couple of windy days this kelp was torn from the bottom and washed up on the beach.When I see this happen I'm always reminded of a few lines I read in the book Moonfleet years ago.."blow wind.. rise storm..ship ashore before morn".

Growing Veggies in Kelp

Kelp has many uses in the nl kitchen garden. In fact pictured below is a raised bed made of all kelp/sea weed. As you can see these cabbages are growing vigorously in the kelp. I'm adding to this bed a few buckets at a time for next years growing