salt marsh – Historic Ipswich

Green Crabs in the Salt Marsh

December 3, 2025 Gordon Harris1 Comment

The green crab is a threat to the Great Salt Marsh

Recipe For Disaster is a six minute video about the explosion of European Green Crabs in the Great Salt Marsh. The mission of GreenCrab.org is to develop markets and promote consumption of green crabs to mitigate their invasive impact.

Gathering Salt Marsh Hay

February 12, 2021August 4, 2025 Gordon Harris2 Comments

Salt marsh hay is still gathered on the North Shore today. The grass was stacked on staddles to raise it above the high tides, and was hauled away on sleds over the frozen marsh in mid-winter.