Seaweed

‘At the lowest tide, a wonderful ocean garden is revealed. For the savvy forager a delicious cornucopia of vegetables is ready for picking. Some seaweeds exist in the splash zone (as you go down to the beach) but many do not survive desiccation (the rime that seaweeds aren’t covered by water). Seaweeds adapt to the climate in which they grow. The seaside forager needs to make friends with the moon and tides to be in touch with the zone where each species grows. Spring is the time to discover seaweed. Zone in. It’s free.’ Thus speaks food writer and forager Fiona Bird, whose knowledge of seaweed in Scotland is second to none.