Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U. S. C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of U.S. Home & Garden Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert
Kassel, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.

                                                         /s/ Robert Kassel
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                                                         Robert Kassel
                                                         Chief Executive Officer

                                                         October 15, 2002