beach combing

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as we live on the Pembrokeshire coast we suffer from awesome weather patterns. the up side is we get lots of stuff washed up on the beach. as i love to recycle this gives me many opportunities to collect all sorts of bits and bobs….

on a recent visit to Freshwater west my daughter Lilly and myself went is search of…well anything interesting…lol

it was a lovely day and we had the beach to ourselves…

first we spotted this buoy on the waters edge..

then this little yellow one

then..an orange…..yes a real orange..im sure it would have been a salty orange though….

my favorite thing we found this time was this net..

had to pull it out of the sand and untie it from seaweed ..

but what a result..its about 2meters wide by 6m long

how i wish we could have carried this driftwood

we see lots of drift wood but i think the only way to get the heavy bits off the beach would be to use a shire horse to drag it over the dunes…

these pics show you some of the nets and buoys we have collected over the years..

the nets are great for fencing

of course as a gardener..there is nothing like seaweed just sooo good for the garden…

thanks for reading…:-)

just added this pic ..not local rubbish me thinks…lol

23 Apr, 2012
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Lori

have heard of seaweed fertilizer...is it salty? do you have to compost it or can you add it to the soil in the same form as you take it from the ocean? I found a site on the Pembrokeshire coast preservation society it looks lovely.

24 Apr, 2012

Hywel

It's amazing what the sea washes up. Driftwood looks lovely in the garden.

24 Apr, 2012

Sandra

Lori the seaweed we bring up from the beach gets put into the compost heap and i have also been digging it into my veg plot. if i leave it in the sun it crumbles into small pieces so it mixes in better.

Hywel i get soo excited when i find a good net, rope, or big fish box. i have brought lots of wood up but lust after the huge lumps of wood...

24 Apr, 2012

Nariz

I often have to be forcibly removed from things I find on beaches! I always seem to come across large unwieldy heavy bits of stuff that I can see a purpose for but - strangely - no-one else can! The idea of shire horse haulage sounds great. Shame I can't keep one as a pet! ;o)

24 Apr, 2012

Pamg

The net ideas are brilliant, maybe you need to borrow one of those four wheeled buggys for the wood!

24 Apr, 2012

Paulsgarden

Great stuff Sandra !!! I wish I lived near the sea - I always go shell and cobble hunting

24 Apr, 2012

Sandra

Nariz sounds like we have the smae recycling bug...lol great idea Pamg....dont get me started on shells Paul i already have sooo many...if i ask my boys to come to the beach with me they know i want them to drag something up for me...lol

24 Apr, 2012

Bampy

wonderful ! that driftwood is just perfect for semperviviums .
Caerfai Bay holds some wonderful memories for us when the kids were younger.

24 Apr, 2012

Oliveoil

what a clever idea putting up the old netting for climbing plants - the sea and sand looks so inviting too.

24 Apr, 2012

Helen60garden

beautiful photos Sandra and I love all your finds. :-))

24 Apr, 2012

Lincslass

A veritable treasure trove it seems and nothing looks out of place Sandra, its a good job I don`t live by the sea I`d be collecting all the time lol, I always go home with a pebble /pebbles or a few shells, hidden somewhere as a keepsake, I still have a treasure dated Aug1961 from the Great Orme, its by my pond, first holiday I`d ever had, they are never the same if you buy them, lol, is it classed as stealing now, I s`pose it is in our daft time.....

24 Apr, 2012

Sandra

on one of the big boxes i have found it says 'stolen from bilingsgate fish market'......i wasnt me officer...i found it on the beach...lol

apparently ALL pebbles and shells belong to the queen...im sure she dosent mind us having a few....

24 Apr, 2012

Willinilli

Great finds Sandra. I wonder what happened to the boat??? Lol.

24 Apr, 2012

Pamg

Where we go to in Scotland is a conservation area so only little boats are allowed...its amazing how many odd rubber gloves wash up....and plastic bottles...overboard I suppose.....

24 Apr, 2012

Sanbaz

great recycling sandra do you use them on your camp site for the beach effect, lovely coastline there to :o)))
hope lily is ok x

24 Apr, 2012

Plantoholic

Looks a lovely coastline, I love collecting bits and pieces off the beach, my fav so far is an old crab pot which I have in my seaside garden, I love the old rope you have found I must keep my eyes open for some of that :o)

24 Apr, 2012