Corn Gluten has made it’s reappearance in our store just in time for fall application! Applying it to your lawn in the autumn will help deter weeds in the spring. Keep those pesky dandelions at bay naturally!

Kerry Devoy-Elwood’s husband really wants us to get new t-shirts for the staff at Natural Home, promoting the latest trend in composting: vermicomposting. What would the shirts say? Why, “We Have Worms,” of course! We just received our first shipment of red wriggler worms (the best for crunching up your compostables) and have vermicomposting bins in stock now. Call 612-279-2479 to learn more.

Just in time for spring cleaning! These mops, brooms, dusters and buckets are made from recycled materials in the USA. And they are economical! The pole is designed to work with all of the eclipse heads and the microfiber cloths are washable for repeated use.

This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes—

Doing laundry is not most people’s idea of a good time—though some do take pleasure in transforming a mountain of dirty laundry into neatly folded piles of fresh clothing and linens. No matter how you feel about doing the laundry, if you’re looking for ways to reduce your environmental impact, we have some great ideas for you.

Version 4.0 of best selling Bum Genius reusable cloth diapers arrived in our store late last week! The 4.0 boasts new color choices and an extra row of snaps to fit baby longer!

Ring in the new year with a gift for your favorite locavore! Linden Hills Natural Home has Simple, Good and Tasty’s “Local Food Lover Card.” It’s just $29, and provides a wealth of discounts (both one-time and ongoing) at a great group of local food establishments—including Linden Hills Co-op. In March, our Local Food Lovers exclusive offer is $1 off locally-made SheCooks baking mixes. For more on this great new program, visit the Simple, Good and Tasty website!

Meg Lunos came in a little while ago with her new (and BLUE) pottery. Besides her lovely, functional bowls and mugs, she brought us some beautiful European style butter bells (you put the butter in a little well in the lid and water in the bottom half—it keeps your room-temperature butter sealed away from the air and fresh).

We’ll admit—we’re biased towards Meg Lunos’s graphically sophisticated and highly functional mugs, bowls and trays. Before Meg started Meghan Elizabeth Pottery, she once worked at Linden Hills Co-op as part of our customer service team!

With their sustainable bamboo dish cloths and towels and their unique microfiber cloths with built-in scrubber, this Minneapolis company offers a great green cleaning experience.

At long last Luminarc storage glasses and bowls have returned! These 14oz and 21oz glasses, and 9” bowls with safe plastic lids are microwave, freezer and dishwasher safe. They work great for storing nut butters and beans in your cupboard, leftovers in your fridge, jams and sauces in your freezer or anything else you need to keep on hand! Replacement lids for Working Glasses also available!

Our newest line of eco-friendly, insulated lunch totes are so fabulous no one will guess you are “brown bagging it” for lunch! The insulation will keep your food warm or cold and each bag comes with a fork/spoon attachment that is pvc, bpa & pthalate free. Bag can easily double as a purse or overnight bag. There’s even a Man’s Lunch offering for the guys. Lunch never looked more appealing!