littleneck

Over the years sand should filter through its holes and extend the shallow, gently sloping habitat favorable to native littleneck clams.

It’s a beautiful property surrounded by beaches where he learned to fish for cutthroat trout and dig for cockles and littleneck and butter clams.

Many different clams can be harvested, such as the Manila, butter and littleneck clams.

In just a few decades, the garden could be home to many native butter and littleneck clams.

Clam gardens grow four times more butter clams and twice as many littleneck clams as unterraced beaches do, according to a study of dozens of ancient clam gardens around Quadra Island, British Columbia.