Being in It Together Scrambling down the hill was difficult enough with the steep incline, but add brambles and underbrush, plus pouring rain, and it was nearly impossible. This was years ago, and Van and I were navigating our way down to yet another potential oyster farm spot. For this scouting trip I had been…

In an uncertain year like 2020 the energy and fulfillment that the direct sales project brought to our farm was so welcome. We had never done direct sales before, and suddenly there were individual customers waiting! Our shellfish went fresh from farm to person. And with that came a renewed joy and enthusiasm for the…

Last Wednesday I woke anxious to check the weather report, as a winter storm was predicted to hit the very day we were doing a special harvest and delivery to Seattle for Valentine’s. I was nervous about icy conditions that would work to complicate (or cancel) the plan and shared my worries with Van. My…

Selling Fjordlux oysters direct off our boat at a pier on West Lake Union was definitely not in our shellfish company’s plans for 2020 – but it was exactly what we found ourselves doing December 2020. In our five years of commercial harvest at Set & Drift farm, our Fjordlux oysters have been sold almost…