Living the Sassy Life
By Kathy Gerhardt

The tag on the children’s clothes at Linden Hills Natural Home reads in part: “Superb comfort. Inspired design from organic and recycled fabrics…this is what fashion should be. This is Sassy Knitwear.”

Designed and hand-sewn by Molly O’Brien, these clothes are not only sassy, but smart, too: smart in design, smart in comfort and smart in that they are created and delivered with as little impact to the environment as possible.

SIGG, “The Original Swiss Bottle”, is recognized world-wide for Swiss quality and craftsmanship that comes with nearly 100 years of heritage and experience. Produced from a single component that is seamless and has no comparable weak points, SIGG bottles are tremendously durable and virtually unbreakable. In June 2006, Backpacker magazine conducted a relentless field test of leading water bottles brands. With the services of a 100 pound cannon packed with golf balls, they were able to destroy all of the targeted bottles – except one!

The Center for Environmental Health recently sent out a consumer advisory, alerting parents to the possible presence of lead in children’s vinyl lunch boxes or bags.

Because it is not possible to tell by appearance whether a vinyl lunch box may contain lead, CEH is advising parents to avoid buying vinyl lunch boxes altogether as we cannot guarantee they are lead free. You can test vinyl lunch boxes you already own using a hand-held lead testing kit, which is available for purchase at Linden Hills Natural Home.

These ergonomically designed baby carriers have been incredibly popular with new mommies and daddies. Named by Parenting Magazine “one of the best twenty products of the past twenty years,” Ergos are sturdy, stylish, and can be used to carry baby in front, back, or hip positions.

Now available in organically grown cotton!

Bee House teapots are the perfect marriage of style and practicality. Made in Japan, each teapot comes with its own stainless-steel infuser and lid. We carry several sizes in a changing variety of luscious colors.

By popular demand, Linden Hills Natural Home has added Bummis diapers to the cloth diapering options at our store. Made in Montreal, Bummis are a simple, easy to use system of cloth diapering. One mom tells us she loves them because they’re so quick to dry.

Lodge Logic, made in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, bills itself as “America’s Original Cookware.” Founded in the early 1800s by Joseph Lodge, the company is still family owned and operated, and proud of producing the most extensive selection of quality cast iron pots, pans, and griddles available.

If we don’t have the pan you want in stock, we’re always happy to place a special order at no additional charge.

Want to know more about care and feeding of your cast iron pan? Check out Lodge Logic’s helpful website.

Linden Hills Natural Home is proud to offer AFM Safecoat low-VOC paints, stains and home cleaners to our community. For more than twenty-five years, Safecoat has worked to develop products that are the safest, highest quality and least toxic available.

As seen on “Showcase Minnesota,” KARE-11, presented by Kim Carlson, the Earth Smart Consumer

Besides the usual array of organic soil amendments, nontoxic fertilizers, gardening books, tools and gloves, Linden Hills Natural Home has some innovative items for your garden, including earth-friendly and biodegradable planters.

Well, we knew this stuff was great. So great that Father Dom’s ducks are apparently all out of doo for the forseeable future. We have not been able to reorder in a couple of weeks, but we will let you know on the website here when it’s back. Or you can feel free to call us at 612-279-2479.

Weed seed free and made entirely of recycled duck poop, cranberries, rice hulls, wood shavings, pickles and vanilla beans, Duck’s Doo Compost is surprisingly sweet smelling. You could say it’s “heaven scent”!