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One thing was clear after a year of farming oysters. We needed a boat. We only could access the area immediately next to our dock for placing our oysters in off bottom cages. A boat however, would open up the 300+ acres of oyster grounds we controlled so we could place oyster cages in the […]
When someone gets taken to the woodshed, a beat down normally ensues. Well the Anderson’s Neck oyster shed has been beating me down for almost a full year now. Here’s how a simple shed can become very complicated. After all our shed construction material was delivered, I had to get the necessary permits to begin. […]
Laura and I made a special trip down to the The Neck on Saturday June 9th to check on our second vintage of oyster seed. We had some bad weather come through that we were afraid had stirred up the cages and we wanted to ensure all was still in good working order. We headed […]
It’s hard to believe but we were already making plans to lay down our second year’s vintage of oyster seed in the York River. The decisions we had to make were 1) should we plant at all, 2) if we decide to proceed, when should we put the oysters in the water, and 3) how […]
So in the process of buying equipment for our oyster farm, I was asked casually at least twice by two different suppliers if I was going to the Ocean City, Maryland conference. I had no idea what they were talking about. I realized I’d better figure it out though. After a little research, I realized […]
Laura and I are not avid campers by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, we have never camped together before. But we had a strong urge to spend the night at The Neck. When Laura bought me a goose down sleeping bag for Christmas along with some camping supplies, we had what we needed. […]
When I tell friends that I am the proud owner of an Oyster Hoister I get two questions: “What the heck is an oyster hoister and why on earth would anyone need one?” Let me explain. When we first started our oyster farm, we had no boat. We did however have a very large dock […]
We have accumulated an enormous amount of oyster supplies and tools in the start up of our aquaculture farm at Anderson’s Neck. I needed a place to keep all this stuff. I was tired of hauling what I needed at the farm out of the crawl space of our house. Every trip we had to […]
Shortly after our return from the Outer Banks, I drove down to The Neck after work to accept a delivery of more oyster cages. The deliveryman, Jon, had just driven out and back from the Eastern Shore in one day. Jon was a veteran of the oyster business and it was his first trip to […]
When I decided to purchase my first set of oyster seed in the summer of 2011, I had none of our farming logistics figured out. However, I didn’t want to wait a full year for the next season to plant our first vintage. I say this especially since it takes the oysters a full 18-24 […]
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