Local Oyster Shell crafts, made in McClellanville, South Carolina.

2024年7月19日 · Also referred to as "plough mud," pluff mud is a thick, clay-like, dark brown mud that is made up of decaying matter, including marsh grass, fish, and animals. The mud is unique to South Carolina's salt marshes.

2022年5月11日 · Oyster shells, lining the coast and seen vastly throughout local marshes, can be hidden, buried under the pluff mud. Stepping on these has the ability to slice through commonly worn shoes such...

2021年9月11日 · Nearly 400 bags of discarded oyster shells line a pluff mud coast near Shelter Cove Marina on Hilton Head Island. “It’s building natural infrastructure,” Jean Fruh, executive director of the...

It's muddy out there - as in pluff mud, that thick, slippery goo coating our marshes and tidal flats. It is capable of creating serious suction on your feet, often pulling you down knee-deep. Think of it as quicksand's friendlier cousin - it won't suck you under, but it will make walking very difficult.

2021年10月24日 · Plucked from the black mud in the surrounding marsh, oysters are served steamed or fried, often accompanied by a frosty can of beer. That’s why Barber, a former South Carolina state legislator...

The crab traps are then placed in groups in the pluff mud during the spring and summer months when the oysters are spawning to increase the chances of attracting larval oysters to attach. Fastened down with re-bar, they slowly create new oyster reefs which provide additional ecological benefits.

2017年4月28日 · In the winter during oyster season, pluff-mudding becomes a necessity. Wear tight-fitting boots. Captain Anton DuMars, a coastal geologist and 30-year Folly Beach resident.

Pluff Mud Oyster Co. 60 likes. Since moving to the Lowcountry of South Carolina 26 years ago I have been fascinated with oyster shells, the ones that have washed against the shore for so long the...

What is Pluff Mud? There are basically four naturally occurring components of a salt marsh: The tidal water, the pluff mud, the cordgrass and oysters. Each of these plays a crucial role and each is reliant on the stability of the others for the salt marsh environment to succeed.