Oyster Blog
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Over the weekend we took advantage of the bitter cold to play some late night pond hockey. It was a cold, moonless night and the ice was so smooth and glassy it reflected the stars. The pond in daylight, on...
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A couple of weeks ago Adam looked out his window and was surprised to see a buck swimming up the Canal. It happened to be the first day of hunting season, which might explain why the deer took to the...
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Our wordpress account is unhappy with our new internet connection, so it'll be a few days before we can upload our own photos. In the meantime, enjoy these photos of the Hamma Hamma river area courtesy of oldwirld's flickr page....
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Photos by Martha.
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but don't worry, snow is still a long ways off. Several weeks ago we lost our camera's battery charger. Since then, we've had to rely on our friends for blog photos. Today we finally bit the bullet and ordered a...
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Noctiluca, the dinoflagellate that caused a red algal bloom in the Canal last month, courtesy of Pete Becker. Oyster larvae, courtesy of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
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Yesterday was the hottest day in Washington State's recorded history, and we celebrated the 100 degree weather by water skiing. We don't ski very often, so we had to improvise our equipment: We used the farm's 16 foot Boston Whaler...
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...aka pickleweed, glasswort, salicornia, marsh samphire, sea asparagus. Sea beans, a crunchy, salty sea vegetable, thrive in estuaries up and down the Canal. But even though they're ubiquitous, they're not part of the Lilliwaup food culture. Most people around here...
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A red algal bloom started last week near Hoodsport, and slowly worked its way north. Today it hit the beaches at Hama Hama. Ever since the bloom started we've been getting calls from people concerned about red tide. The water...
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Today our friend Preston stopped by with some wild morel and porcini mushrooms he'd recently picked somewhere east of the Cascade Mountains. Preston-- who probably knows all of the Olympic Peninsula's sweet spots for both wild mushrooms and good surf-- ...
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