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www.life123.com/home-garden/gardening-tips/soil-fertili...
www.life123.com/home-garden/gardening-tips/soil-fertilizers/the-history-of-potash-fertilizer.shtml
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Potash can be found as a naturally occurring mineral or can be made from the ashes of broad-leafed trees.
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uk.ask.com/gardens/what_materials_can_be_composted
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wood chips, pet hair, paper napkins, bee droppings, leaves, old spices, hay, pine needles, hops, matches, leather dust, paper towels, potato peelings, sawdust, wood ashes, egg shells,
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Kelp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp
Through the 19th century, the word "kelp" was closely associated with seaweeds that could be burned to obtain soda ash (primarily sodium carbonate).
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www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=58804
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From 'Kelp ash - Kitchen stuff', Nancy Cox and Karin Dannehl (2007)
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www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/kelp
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Bongo kelp ash is rich in iodine and alkali. In great amount, kelp ash can be used in soap and glass production. Until the Leblanc process was commercialized ...
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www.robinparis.co.uk/sustainable/soda-ash.htm
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Sodium carbonate concentration varied greatly from around 3% in kelp ash to 30 % in the best quality Spanish saltwort ash. Soda ash, like potash, was used ...
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forums.homesciencelab.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=132
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I've read hints that the kelp ashes were strongly boiled in water, slightly acidified with H2SO4, then the Iodine precipitated out with bit of HCl.
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www.endtimesreport.com/making_lye.html
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Hardwood ash lye will make harder soap for bars, and the best ash of all is from seaweed, such as kelp. Kelp ash lye produces an extremely hard, durable soap.
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www.geol.utas.edu.au/kelpwatch/h_c.html
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Dec 10, 2001 ... The potash was derived from the kelp ashes after it had been burned. At that time , kelp was harvested by encircling a stand of kelp with a cable ...
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