We have a new group of students this quarter stewarding the growth of the shellfish. We had our first work party and the first zoom seminar this quarter, and we’re using Discord (“fun Slack”) for communications. The oysters got sampled at our first work party: “tastes like snorkeling”. They’re still pretty petite, but they are getting towards snack size.

The low tides are in the afternoons now, so we’re getting to hike through the Evergreen trails to get to the beach. The trillium (Trillium ovatum) is in bloom and the currants (Ribes sanguineum) and thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus) are leafing out. There will be two really excellent low tides (full moons) coming up in the end of April/early May and in the end of May.