Some More Things

The Misers have been doing a few other things to help save the planet and save money as well. We don't buy bottled water anymore - we gave that up a long time ago. Here in L.A., everybody used to buy water until we finally realized how bad plastic bottles are for the environment. Now the Misers just drink filtered tap water. And for those days when we are on the go, we pour the water into stainless steel containers. Another thing we have to do is  be mindful of wasting water. Here in arid So Cal, water is not at a premium and it's a good idea to conserve water. This means short showers and giving Bee baths in a toddler tub instead of the regular tub, which uses way more water. Also, one need not shower ever day - sometimes a sponge bath will do just fine. But the thing we've been doing that Sparky and I are the most excited about is the compost heap in the backyard. We recycle all of our organic decomposable food and yard waste into the pile. He turns it over with a shovel and it gets nice and soily. We want to get some earthworms to go into this heap once it gets all earthy, and then we'll really have lovely dirt which we'll be able to use in our garden. And lately our citrus trees have been covered with flowers and honey bees, so we have some nice pollination going on now. Things are looking up, and the Misers are looking forward to Spring which is just around the corner.