ates power when you pull on the built- in ripcord ($49.99; ebay.com).
The Kitchen Tote your produce home and store it in reusable 9 Wonder Thunder veg- etable bags made from organic cotton ($20 for a set of three bags in three sizes; wonder-thunder.com). Chlorine, lead and pharmaceutical
residues are often unwelcome additives in drinking water. Hydrate in space-age style with the porcelain 10 Ovopur water filter made with nontoxic sili- cone ($800; aquaovo.com). Save space while you help save the
earth with BPA-free 11 Vapur flexible water bottles, which can be rolled or folded when empty ($8.95; vapur.us).
The Garden Turn food scraps into valuable garden compost with 12 Nature Mill’s com- pact composter, small enough to fit under most kitchen counters (or in a cabinet). Simply toss scraps right into the mechanized composter, which turns waste into fertilizer. No need to worry about unwanted smells, either: A built-in carbon filter eliminates foul odors ($299; greendepot.com). Clove and peppermint oils replace
toxic chemicals in 13 EcoSmart’s Home Pest Control, which wipes out beetles, centipedes and ticks in the garden and also in your home. If ants and roaches are keeping you company, EcoSmart also makes a natural 14Ant and Roach Killer ($8; ecosmart.com). Keep pests like mosquitoes and
black flies at bay using 15 Brittanie’s Thyme’s organic insect repellent, made with essential oils of clove, eu- calyptus, geranium and peppermint ($8.50; brittaniesthyme.com). Arthritis and other painful chronic conditions can deter even the most committed and seasoned gardener. 16 Radius ergonomic gardening tools— trowels, weeders, transplanters and cultivators—come with comfortable grips and specially designed blades that make it easier to toil the soil ($9.99 each; radiusgarden.com). PR