Oyster Blog

What the heck is a tumble farm? We're happy you asked, and here's a longer answer than you need!

... accidentally! We've had a few daylight low tides so far this year, and once the sunlight hits the flats the algae starts growing like crazy on our clam nets. Seaweed is algae. And, just in case you might need...

Here's (part of) what's been going on here at Hama Hama. First, the river got invaded by a giant sea creature. We're thinking it was a sea lion. He was an incredibly uncooperative photo-documentary subject and made a complete nuisance...

2011 started on the rocky side, when we accidentally deleted all blog posts back to April Fool's Day 2007, but we quickly recovered and ended up having a fantastic year, minus the truck theft. We bought a new truck, built...

On Halloween the Culinary Institute of America stopped by for some delicious treats, and one unexpected trick. The school visits almost every year while on a culinary tour of the West Coast. They first meet up with wild salmon activist...

Today was a fantastic day for a barge ride. When it's calm, you can really notice how clear the water is. The lack of algae makes Hood Canal  a relatively lean place to grow shellfish... but that's o.k. because growing...

Going to work with your dad is fun... provided you can swim all morning.

We're hitting new milestones in our oyster husbandry abilities. This spring, we set up a Floating Upwelling System, which people in the industry call a Flupsy, as well as a downwelling system, which no one but us calls Dupsy. The...

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...