Zeroscaping the Backyard Continues

We made some improvements to the backyard recently. Still very low water, except the newly completed veggie garden, which is totally worth it!

Something New from SPUD

We are still getting the vast majority of our groceries delivered from SPUD.  We have been nothing short of delighted with the service, selection, and availability of TerraCycle via the grocery service. It was exciting to get this message during the most recent order:

All right! Under 500 miles! I was really excited to discover the raffle incentive for making local purchases. I'm interested to see how low we can get our weekly transit number, just for the sake of doing it. I've never been much of an "extrinsic rewards" type of person; however, I won't pass up any raffle winnings that come my way. 

Zero Waste Birthday

Ruby turned four last weekend and we had a small party in the park for her. Our goal was to have a zero waste event, and we were pretty successful!

A few key elements contributed to our success:

1. Reusable dishware and napkins

2. Large containers to serve water into reusable cups

3. A party basket (kind of like the one at the dentist when you're a kid) instead of individual party bags

Lastly, we brought our own compost bin from home because we knew the park only had a bin for recycling. 

We also brought a container to put all of the dirty cups, plates, forks, napkins and so forth into, and put it right next to the compost to make an easy and obvious connection. 

Judging by the birthday girl's experience, the party was just right.