Oyster Blog
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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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...and specifically, the joys of harvesting your own oysters and clams at Potlatch State Park. We probably couldn't say it better: Moss-covered alders lean together over the roadway; the Olympic Mountains are mirrored in the glassy, cold water. The icy...
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Either the Port of Hoodsport has really amped up its shipping business, or this guy took a wrong turn coming down the Straits. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Last night the Hama Hama Hammers, two-time defending champions in the Olympia Parks and Recreation volleyball league, took a serious digger, losing against Airborne in the semi-finals to finish 3rd. Fortunately for all involved, it's just a silly adult volleyball...
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This bobcat was spotted in the Hood Canal uplands earlier this week. Bobcats have nothing to do with oysters, but they are pretty cool, and they do occasionally visit the salt water.
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A few decades ago this was a happening oyster-shucking shack. It's been sitting idle for a while now, although oysters are still harvested off the beach in front of it.
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As we watch our shiny-new shucking and retail facility grow bigger and better every day, we thought we'd take a moment to honor the small, funky, and frequently dilapidated oyster shacks that line Hood Canal's beaches. The first building featured...
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...is headed back to Mongolia for a full year! Tom will be conducting forestry research on a Fulbright grant, navigating his way past treacherous bogs in the permafrost, and cultivating his taste for fermented mare's milk. Here are some pictures...
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A monster south wind picked up last Tuesday afternoon, and we thought we were in trouble. It rained and rained and melted (almost) all the snow and reminded us all of the terrible storm of December, 2007. But fortunately this...
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An elk herd makes its living in the Hama Hama valley, and when the elk graze in the salt meadows near the highway they cause quite a traffic ruckus. But they've never before been seen around the seafood complex. Eagle-eyed...
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Giant white piles adjacent to the shucking plant aren't anything new... although normally they're made of oyster shell, not snow. The winter storm of 2008 is turning out to be the most persisent in living memory, which is why we've...