Profile on Plow & Hearth--Reaping What You Sow (2,623 words)

Plow & Hearth covers high-end home and garden turf. Its product line overlaps with L.L. Bean Home and Camp, Eddie Bauer Home, Alsto's, Sporty's and Gardener's Supply, although none is a direct competitor. For example, while Plow & Hearth still carries garden supplies, the catalog also sells grape arbors and teak porch swings instead of rototillers and organic compost. And while it still offers items for wood stoves and fireplaces, many of the hand-forged tools, screens and andirons are as beautifully decorative as they are practical.