Roker Beach Seaweed.

Today the sun is shining, skies are blue, slight breeze in the air, the tide is quite low and the sea were gently roaring the shore, Lu, I and Kleo are having a nice stroll in Roker Beach. Some people watching the world goes by, some numbers of people are queuing for fish and chips as it is traditional to have fish during friday and also it’s happened to be “Good Friday” today. Some foodstall seems to be enjoying the good takings too, a rare sight here in Roker beach front, of course fish can be eaten anytime we wish not only on Fridays. As we stroll along the beach lots of dried seaweed that are scattered around that has been washed off by the rough tides along with other debris and driftewood which can be used as a firewoods too. But I will leave the driftewood for now as I needed a crane to lift them from the cliff😂. Roker beach is a combination of sandy area, rocks and cliff. Seaweed on the other hand would not cost me a dime to transport to it’s final destination a.k.a to my meagre garden. I’m not an expert in here but I’m learning as I go along. Seaweed is commonly used in some other asian countries most notably in Japan for flavouring their dishes and cooking. Back home, during low tide we collected fresh seaweed (local name latu) and eaten them like a salad, and the other varieties has to be dried and processed before you could use them called gulaman. Gulaman has a gelly like texture that has many uses. Of course seaweed has plenty of uses not only for culinary but in some skin care products as well, sourced from google. These collected seaweed of mine are not for my soap making, I’m going to use them as a fertilizer for my roses. I will just mulch them with top soil and place them under the rose plants. There is other way of extracting the nutrients from seaweed. Place them in garden bucket or tub add water and let it stand for few days and strain. But I do things deferently, like a black sheep. Seaweed has many nutrients that are deem nessesary for the growth of the living plant. Some seaweed extract and other marine product can be purchase in nursery or garden center. I prepare my own foroging since there is plenty and it’s free. So seaweed is my new found friends to help aid my meagre rose garden.

Some folks promanaded along the beach, with others towing thier children and pets. Some just watch the world goes by, other enjoying the soft sea breeze and some eating ice cream. And me busy collecting seaweeds.