"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
The Mason bee is a common name for species of bees. They are named from their habit of making compartments of mud in their nests, which are made in hollow reeds or holes in wood made by wood-boring insects. For this specific reason, it is very easy to build a house for the Mason bee, they are not too picky […]
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Planting flowers that are rich in nectar and pollen is a great way to make your yard bee-friendly. You will find below are few plants that grow in California and are very popular among the bees. Idea for teachers: Start a planting project! Get some seeds, gardening pots and soil. Plant the seeds and start an observation sheet to […]
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A perfect day for beach cleaning! We had a enthusiastic group of young people from Terra Nova High School and SSF High School as well as Pacificans. WE had 22 people scouring the Rockaway area and we collected 15 straws 6 bottle caps and 727 cigarette butts. I received several “thank yous” to the Pacific Beach Coalition. It was all […]
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Thank you to the 14 students from Terra Nova High School who came out to San Pedro Terrace near the Linda Mar Rehab Center today! There are ten bags worth of trash and recycling that now won’t be headed out into the ocean! Good work guys.
Read moreHello fellow Pacifica inhabitants, Inhabitants? Why not, Pacifica is our habitat; we are part of the ecological community. Do you enjoy it? Do you take care of it? Go for a walk and notice your neighbors gardens, the birds singing in the trees, the fresh air. Don’t look down, though. Despite the pride and joy most of us feel about […]
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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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We had approximately 40 volunteers, 3 returning from last month, who wanted credit for school in Fremont, others came as regulars or a result of seeing an Allied Waste article about the Mussel Rock Stars. We picked up approximately 60 pounds of recyclables and 600 lbs of trash: 404 lbs on the day, 35 lbs of new leather shoes prior […]
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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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