Oyster Blog

For Christmas, we wish the following: 1. That it doesn't get so cold that the oysters and clams freeze to death out on the tideflats. 2. That it snows enough so that we can go cross-country skiing.

One night in early December, 2007, 8 inches of snow fell on the Hood Canal area, with bigger accumulations up in the high country. Then, overnight, the temperature jumped up 20 degrees and it rained 11 inches. The next morning...

A packet of thank-you letters arrived in the mail today from the elementary school kids who recently toured the oyster plant. Here are some selected shorts: Thank you for giving us the tour. I liked all the eels and the...

Yesterday we were inundated with hordes of 6th graders from nearby Hood Canal School. The kids were on a field trip to learn about salmon and shellfish. They travelled to local rivers to see salmon spawning, and then came down...

We've been celebrating fall by giving away deliciously tart and pesticide-free locally-grown apples.

The Hama Hama bridges were built in the 20s, and they're beautiful and artistic and much preferable to the bland concrete spans the State will eventually replace them with.  The problem is that they were built for 1930s-era cars, and...

Phil Lewis Day, a local guy who works wonders with wood, stopped by to show us some of his creations.  The basket below is made out of many pieces of firewood glued together and then polished smooth in a lathe......

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Because the muddy clam net featured in the last post's video didn't quite cut it for people wanting proof that this is indeed the nicest time of year on the Canal, we took a few scenic shots this morning to...

Watch the sun set over the Olympic Mountains from anywhere in the world at Dr. Dale's webcam. (Or check the webcam on a rainy February day and be glad you don't live here). The webcam looks across Hood Canal towards...