"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Bees are very busy little insects so something you could do to help them stay alive and keep their hives healthy is to create an accessible source of water. There are multiple reasons why water is important for bees: In the summer they use the water to cool the hive’s temperature down, and in the winter they use it to […]
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Last Saturday was quite a day at Pillar Point, we had sun, showers and a beautiful rainbow. Volunteers showed up in numbers (40) despite the rain and in less than 2 hours they picked up 226lbs of trash including 28lbs of recycling. They found rings and nets used to catch crabs, a portable potty from a RV (yuk), a plastic […]
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We found an effective, organic and bee-friendly ingredient that will help you get rid of the little creatures that have been eating all our flowers, fruits and vegetables: Neem Oil! After doing some research, we have found that neem oil has the following features: • Broad spectrum insecticide/fungicide/miticide • Controls insects and mites including whitefly, aphid and scale • Controls […]
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“Went to Mussel Rock beach today at low tide.The first photo shows the “sand bar” area on the beach now, quite a bit of sand has recently been redeposited in this area. Also found some fishing gear/ropes and lots of caps from various types of bottles that you can see in the second photo. The last photo shows a close […]
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Richard Baxter from the Beekeeper’s Guild of San Mateo County will present a program on honey bees and bee hives. Richard has decades of experience in this field and also as a teacher and a business, Golden Harvest Bees. On his website, you will find the upcoming beekeeping classes for beginners, soap making lessons as well as products for sale […]
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On a bright sunny day, 16 volunteers from Charles Schwab donned buckets and bags to clean Linda Mar beach. What a pleasant bunch of people. They performed their task enthusiastically and after an hour of cleanup tramped up the hill for habitat restoration with Lynn. The results: 30 bottle caps, 10 straws, 185 cigarette butts, 6 pounds of recyling and 16 […]
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I was driving north on the Great Highway one beautiful Saturday morning… I was shocked and saddened. Every can was overflowing and surrounded by a lot of garbage. It was heartbreaking. I had to do something. I parked near Judah and walked up with bags, a bucket and a pick-up stick to tackle the […]
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What a beautiful day for a cleanup. Bright, sunny and warm. Saturday’s cleanup at Linda Mar included 24 students from Stanford University, 18 students from St. Veronica’s parish and 28 volunteers for the tsunami program (no tsunami debris was found). We had 82 folks show up and wow did they ever have enthusiasm. Totals for the day: 25 pounds for […]
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Are you a new volunteer? Or would you like to be one? Come join us on Thursday, February 26th from 6:00 to 8:30pm to meet new volunteers like you, regular volunteers and other members of our community! The Surf Spot 4627 Pacific Coast Highway 1, Pacifica Look for us outside near the cabana. So please, come stop by to […]
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A special thank you to Cindy and Claudia who joined me today, a gorgeous Pacifica day. Together we picked up 6 full buckets of trash including over 500 cigarette butts. I cleaned up the basic area and they ventured down Manor and along Esplanade. They and I received many welcomed “Thank Yous” ….and Cindy was given $5 by a grateful […]
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