Seaweed For The Garden

[@priscillajoseph765]

Terri you are living in a amazing part of the country. I love the fact that you love what nature provides in abundance and you have the knowledge of all the benefits for using this free natural resources.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

I have some knowledge - could always do with more. We got to keep learning xx

[@zebrawings22]

You are a wizard thank you!!! I’m watching many of your videos from my home in Laguna Beach, California and just love them. Thank you for sharing your love for seaweed in this episode.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

You are welcome - I hope you can access some for your garden. xx

[@JB-pd4ni]

That must be a very satisfying connection to those who came before. A beautiful day!

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

It is a very satisfying connection. It pleases the historian in me and the romanticist!

[@sallylunamoth5542]

Automatic Thumbs Up 👍Before I even Watch...I just Know the Video will be Awesome with Beautiful Content... Thank You Terri 💚

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Thank you so much Sally. xx

[@skyemcquire1456]

What a magickal place. ☘️💚☘️💚☘️💚

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

I think so too Skye.

[@suesilva5252]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos, wish there were more of them ❤️

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Thank you Sue. Glad to hear that.

[@drdwaynecuster]

I love where you live Terri. So close to the ocean and beautiful. ❤️

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Me too Dwayne. Even in winter with the storms.

[@jantrewitt4058]

So nice to see you by the sea using the natural resources to better your way of life! Love your dogs, especially the little one who follows along with his big brother(or sister).

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

I only take the seaweed that is washed up so then it is a resource. The little fella is very funny the way he watches and copies his big sister!

[@paula8544]

Just another lovely film, enjoyed it very much Thank you. Blessings for good health, happiness, peace love and light.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Many blessings to you Paula. xx

[@bettyhill7758]

I love your life. I love the fur babies also.

[@PleasantPrickles]

Such wonderful little helpers! What an enjoyable afternoon activity. Nice to use free and natural resources. 🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Ha ha - yes they are very helpful! Very good company.

[@dianaspy6733]

I am wishing I lived in Ireland! Your dogs are lovely!

[@floraldays1865]

All your videos are so very interesting and informative. Thank you from an Irish American!

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

Hello Teri, I gather seaweed too in north-east Scotland. I mix it with cardboard, straw, grass cuttings, veg peelings and wood chips to make compost and out it on raised beds. It’s great stuff for plants. I don’t have the same variety of seaweed as you so you are very lucky. I see your dogs love coming along too. Thanks for an uplifting video.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Hello Michael, thanks for watching. I do the same thing, mixing the seaweed with other things to make "lasagne beds". We have too really because our soil is shallow and there is a lot of rock. I agree, seaweed is great for plants🙏

[@tazziegee8479]

Hi Terri love collecting sea weed for the garden. Here in Tasmania we are allowed to collect some for our own use. I am thinking next time I must dry some for my own eating too. We are both so fortunate to be able to collect it.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Good idea - they are all edible and can really improve health. I dried a little and ground it up to a powder to use as a condiment. Enjoy!

[@wendymcfarlane9068]

What a wonderful resource living by the sea. I could almost smell the salty air! I'm a complete novice so nothing to offer except to say I'm composting my little veg bed with grass clippings, cardboard boxes, all the food scraps and lots of nettles. Hoping for the best next year! Enjoy the day.xx

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

That sounds like a great recipe for success! You can make a compost tea too by soaking the nettles as well.

[@wendymcfarlane9068]

@@DanusIrishHerbGarden Yes, I have one on the go from a tip you left in a previous video.x

[@mccbanfield]

Dear Terri, how lucky you are! those bags are a real treasure. algae have enormous properties for the skin, antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects have been described. Also I understand that on the west coast of Ireland there are seaweed spas and related events, even a great culinary tradition that continues, right? I enjoyed this video very much! Thanks

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Yes and yes and yes! Seaweed bath spas are all along the coast, but you can do it yourself too. There is a book about seaweed and cooking by Dr. Pranie Rhattigan.

[@abigailirvine3414]

I love using seaweed for the garden I’m due to go and get some 💖💖💖

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Off you go!

[@valcor69]

I've only just discovered you but have been following Colette & Jack (Bealtaine Cottage) for a couple of years now. So happy to have found you too. Kx

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

I'm happy too. Nice to meet you Karen✋

[@morenaalfero9396]

Terri.... I remember when 7 years ago I wented to pick up the weeds for your garden! I've loved this video. A big hug to you and Lol

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Morena - great to hear from you!!! How are you! Are you in Australia or back in Italy?? Hard to believe that 7 years have gone by. Big hug to you and yours xxx

[@martinelutton4518]

What a beautiful country you live in!

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Thank you Martine!

[@cerridwencottage4778]

I keep meaning to gather seaweed for our garden as we are only 10 minutes away from the sea but always forget so thanks for the reminder! Bright Blessings

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Now is a good time if you have a coast line facing south. It's after the southerly storms that we get so much washed up.

[@Cronezonetarot]

What a lovely place. Thanks for taking us along with you and those happy dogs. I use home made compost, ots of comfrey as a feed and mulch and tea leaves and coffee grounds.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

I use all those too. It's great to have so many natural ways to feed the soil

[@Bella-ul8mq]

Mom was from the east coast of Canada and she ate dulce on occasion. Some of my aunts and uncles ate it and cousins still eat it. I'm far from the east coast (Ontario) and haven't seen it. But I remember the taste.....salty! I think if I lived on the east coast I would use it in my garden. I'm probably wrong, but it maybe high in iron and or iodine.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

It's called Dillisk here and people regard it as a delicacy. All seaweeds have iodine and lots of other minerals.

[@chrisslade3141]

Just wonderful as to what nature provides on your own doorstep. The beached seaweed does not go to waste, great that you can put it to good use. Inspiring Terri , thanks for posting. 🙏

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Chris - it is amazing what is on our doorsteps! It's fantastic the richness and abundance we have.

[@annesusanleahy9649]

Sometimes will mow over the seaweed to chop it up to sprinkle around. Good stuff for sure. Have a nice smelly barrel of it for seaweed fertilizer. So lucky you can walk down to the beach.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

That's a good idea - we were thinking of getting a machete to chop it up.

[@MrSullismom]

My mother spoke fondly of collecting Dilisk down in Waterville, Co.Kerry! i used to be able to buy Carrigeen Moss in Queens NY but not anymore! I really like your videos.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Thank you. I hope you find another shop.

[@grahamfleming9179]

I remember the flotsum from the Caribbean and Americas at Bantry bay Kerry. In 1968! Dulse and kelp was used in the vegetable garden inverewe Scotland too! Sgoinnel bhideo a rithist!

[@veragodijn6537]

I love your channel. I hope to move to the Island of Texel (Netherlands) where my ancestors from my mother’s side of the family come from to live closer to the sea. I am longing for a garden and the fresh sea air! The city is suffocating me and it is time to go. Actually Texel reminds me a little bit of Ireland in a way. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your beautiful place! I’ll keep watching and learning! :)

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

I am glad for you that you are able to leave. Happy new home!

[@rubyredcrafts]

Lovely location where you live,the sea is so clear! I live in the country side so I use lots of comfrey and dried nettles and leaves to help make my raised beds. Lots of free cardboard too,and wood ash from our wood burning stove.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Perfect! Sounds like you will have a bumper crop!

[@WhyteFaerie]

How marvelous to live where you do by the sea. By comparison, I live in the country in Canada and while it is wild and beautiful, it has trucks and four wheelers running up and down the road. It would be nice to be more remote. I love that you have access to seaweed. What a wonderful resource for the garden!

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

It is a wonderful resource. It used to be remote here but nowadays I don't think anywhere is really remote anymore. We are just grateful for the little bit we have.

[@angusrankin4709]

I live in Cape Breton,Canada and I use kelp (seaweed)in the fall on the garden bed it works.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

It most definitely does xx

[@cynthiatalbert3037]

You need a little cart or wagon, to bring the bags home😊

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

That would be great - better than taking the car. Must look into that.

[@cynthiatalbert3037]

@@DanusIrishHerbGardenIt could be to far and heavy a load for my wagon idea🤦🏼‍♀️🤣lol

[@marydunn3867]

Another lovely video,thank you .I remember well eating Bara Lawr(Lava Bread) it's very popular in Wales where I grew up.I use cardboard and compost for my beds ,but sadly no seaweed as we live in Burgundy ,one of the areas of France furthest from the sea

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Haven't tried Lava bread - it was made here too. I have made scones with dillisk though.

[@sharonsherwood8411]

I am in love with your location, so close to the sea! I am still learning so don't have tips. But I can say I will be making lasagna beds this year using cardboard, compost, clippings and food scraps. I am 1 hour drive from the CT shoreline here in America and will experiment with taking the drive and loading up the trunk with seaweed. It would be an adventure for sure. Thank you for sharing.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Good for you. Go after a storm and there will be lots washed up.

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

I used to love collecting seaweed for my gardens. Now I'm much further down the coast and we hardly get any seaweed here.

[@peachesandsugar1]

Your necklace is lovely

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Thank you!

[@peachesandsugar1]

@@DanusIrishHerbGarden It is the symbol for Mother Earth?

[@lisingreece]

wonderful, I am doing the same . My grandfather did this too. Love it. And what veg we'll have next year!

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

It's alovely feeling, carrying on the tradition. Looking forward to veg already!

[@Alpinewild444]

Really wonderful, I love how many uses that seaweed has. The dogs are so cute running home from the sea, I am curious about the gate, does it work to keep them in?

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

We have a gate to keep stray cattle out! Sometimes a cow or two get out of their field and go rambling. I don't want them coming into my garden ruining it by trampling over plants. It keeps the dogs in too although they could get through it if they really wanted.

[@berrie143]

Beautiful! Very interesting about the seaweed. My husband and i had our first backyard veggie patch this year and I’m thinking about what we will do for next year now.

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Make your own compost if you can't get sea weed.

[@enquery]

Ps. I knew I was saving all my soil bags for a good reason😍😊💗🌊🌿

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Yes they come in very handy!

[@margarett5707]

Does the seaweed add salt to the soil?

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

It adds mineral salts. Some people rinse their seaweed but I don't - I doubt my ancestors had time or inclination when they had no running water. The rain washes the mineral salt into the soil and so replenishes it. It is not the same as using salt to burn a "weed".

[@annette830]

so you don't need to wash the seaweed ? that's what i was wondering. many thanks and kind regards

[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

Se the comment above to Margaret. No I don't wash it. I want the mineral salts to go into the soil. And the rain is rinsing it all the time.

[@drrahilakurdi5943]

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[@DanusIrishHerbGarden]

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