It's almost two cubic yards of concentrated nitrogen and minerals. I use it for tea (for the plants), compost and mulch. It'll sit on the boardwalk for a week or so. I'll hose it down with fresh water, if there isn't enough rain. If I turn it every other day, it dries in just 3-4 days, at which point I'll shred some to add to the compost and brew the tea. I'll cut some with hedge shears, to use as fine compost, and some will go down as-is for coarse compost or lasagna layers.

A gift from the sea. If you see some piled up on your part of the coast, it's worth bringing it home.

Should read:

I'll cut some with hedge shears, to use as fine mulch, and some will go down as-is for coarse mulch or lasagna layers.

Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt!

It slowed me down a little, but I could still read it fairly easily! It's humbling (and fascinating) to discover that the mind works in a fashion totally different from what I've always assumed.

Claire