Oyster Blog — Events

Tomorrow we're going to set up a barbecue at the University District Farmers Market and demonstrate proper oyster grilling technique. There will be a lot of other farmers demonstrating how to grill various seasonal foods such as salmon, vegetables, and chicken. Come visit for some tasty samples and informative tidbits. Here's the schedule: 9:30 to 10:30: How to Fillet a Fish and Great Grilling Ideas for Fish by Becky Selengut 10:30 to 11:00: How to Grill the Perfect Burger with Eiko and George Vojkovich from Skagit River Ranch 11:15-11:45: How to Cut-up and Truss a Whole Chicken by Janelle Stokesberry...

For some reason, whenever Gemma and her family and friends come out to the farm for an Open Farm, the weather's spectacular: bright and sunny, with just enough of a breeze to keep you cool. And this crowd definitely knows how to take advantage of a nice day on an oyster farm. Here are some of their photos from last weekend taken by David Dimalanta.

Hi guys! We hope you all enjoyed the long holiday weekend. The fun continues here at the Hama Hama Farm, and we're celebrating the low low tide this weekend (-2.4) by hosting another Open Farm Day, which is just a fancy way of saying we'll let you go out on the beach to harvest your own oysters and clams. The tide is low at 1:15, and the flats will be open from 12:30 until 2:30. We have two barbecue pits available in our picnic area for open farmers to use... shoot an email to orders@hamahamastore.com if you'd like to reserve...

It's hard to tumble when you're all tied up in knots: Darn mussels have invaded our tumble bags, using their byssal threads to attach everything up into one big messy mass. After spending several hours trying to go through the bags by hand, removing all the mussels, we've decided to just dump the mussel mess out on the beach. The mussels will die in the intertidal beach, and the oysters will have to come to terms with the fact that they're now going to be beach grown, not tumbled.