Do you get your ideal bite each day?

Here’s part of today’s Ideal Bite:

What’s better than the smell of fresh-cut grass?

The Bite: The smell of fresh-cut grass without the smell of gasoline. Use a reel or electric mower, rather than a high-polluting gas-powered one, and inhale the sweet scent of grass and greenback savings.

Save gas. Each weekend, 54 million Americans mow their lawns, using an estimated 800 million gallons of gas per year. More gas is spilled while refueling lawn equipment each year than was spilled by the Exxon Valdez.

Save cash. Using an electric mower, you’ll pay about $5 per year for the electricity costs. Using a gas-powered mower, you’ll pay that much in just two mows.
Cleaner air. According to the EPA, gas-powered lawnmowers account for up to 5% of US air pollution.

Today’s reel mowers (vastly improved from your dad’s old reel mowers) are the best bet for the planet, but rechargeable electric mowers are increasingly Earth-friendly.
Bothered by noise pollution? It’s not a problem with reel mowers and electric mowers which make just a tenth of the amount of noise as gas-powered ones.