Union Oyster Shack
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...
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Check out these colorful oyster shacks of Ile d’Oléron, France, courtesy of Walt. Meanwhile, last summer residents of Wellfleet, MA decided to preserve Cape Cod’s last historic oyster shack “as tribute...
View ArticleJorsted Creek Oyster Shack
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.
View ArticleMoving Day/Demolition/Grand Opening
We’ve been planning this for 5 years, and now it feels like everything’s happening all at once. Here’s the schedule: 1. We’re going to begin moving equipment out of the old store and into the new one...
View ArticleLilliwaup Oyster Shack
Our tour of Hood Canal oyster shacks continues with a stop in downtown Lilliwaup. According to John, who grew up in Lilliwaup proper and now shucks oysters for Hama Hama, when this shed was in use back...
View ArticleJoe Leonard Oyster House
Our neighbor and fellow oyster farmer Gary M. heard about our oyster shack documentation project and stopped by the other day with a collection of old photos to share. The oyster shack pictured below...
View ArticleMechanized Hama Hama
Gary (see earlier post) also shared these two photos of our own oyster shucking operation in the 1960s… back then we had a conveyor belt to move oyster shell around. Now we use a forklift and...
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