Oyster Blog
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We are very happy to announce that we've finally started selling our new brand of oyster, the Blue Pool. The name Blue Pool is inspired by a cold, quiet place on the Hamma Hamma River that our family has enjoyed for...
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In no particular order, here are the top 12 most memorable moments from 2010, as seen on the Hama Hama Farm. 1. Creating a tumble farm, so that we can offer boutique tumbled oysters to some of our higher-end clients....
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We've been silly busy these past few weeks putting together mail order packages, shucking oysters for holiday orders, doing end-of-year inventories, and just basically trying to keep our heads above water. So we've been neglecting the poor oyster blog, and therefore this...
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Here are the two images we used in our Christmas cards this year, followed by a picture of the high tide this morning. We ARE feeling a little swamped right now, but at least the delivery truck is high and dry....
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One of our two pound heavyweights latched onto my middle finger today with both paws. The demonic creature proceeded to squeeze as hard as he could, then release slightly, then squeeze even harder. I foolishly tried to drown him in the...
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This thing came across the packing table today. Whatever it was, it must have gotten trapped inside an oyster and then covered with nacre. Diana suggests it might have been a barnacle... and despite the fact that barnacles are especially difficult...
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... and let's hope it doesn't wash all the oysters off the beach. It's sunny here on the farm today, but we're in for it this weekend because a positively obscene looking storm is on the way. Check out this...
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Japanese artist Iori Tomita's collection "New World Transparent Specimens," featuring preserved, dyed, and artfully displayed sea creatures, via coolhunting.com.
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Oyster herpes first gained worldwide attention (at least, among people who pay attention to oysters) in 2008 when it was responsible for widespread mortality in French oyster farms. Since then the French strain of the disease has popped up in...
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This year as part of our holiday newsletter we put together a gift-buying guide for oyster lovers. One of the items we included in the guide was a very unique oyster knife from Georgia, and that got us wondering what other handmade oyster knives might be...
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We've put crab on sale in the store, and crab cakes. And, just for the fun of it: some really good Italian red table wine is also on sale. Not that there's anybody out on the roads. It's about 20...