Exhibit 10.4

                                 REVOLVING NOTE

Executed as of the 27th day of                                    No.___________
April, 2004 at Chicago, Illinois.

Amount $12,500,000

            FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Undersigned promises to pay to the order of
LASALLE BUSINESS CREDIT, LLC (hereinafter, together with any holder hereof,
called "Lender"), at the main office of Agent (as defined below), the principal
sum of Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($12,500,000) plus the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by Lender to the
Undersigned pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 2(a) of the Loan
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) in excess of such amount, or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by Lender to the
Undersigned pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 2(a) of the Loan
Agreement. The Undersigned further promises to pay interest on the outstanding
principal amount hereof on the dates and at the rates provided in the Loan
Agreement from the date hereof until payment in full hereof.

            This Note is referred to in and was delivered pursuant to that
certain Loan and Security Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time,
together with all exhibits thereto, dated April __, 2004, among LaSalle Business
Credit, LLC, as agent ("Agent") for Lender and the other lenders from time to
time party thereto, such lenders, the Undersigned and certain affiliates of the
Undersigned (the "Loan Agreement"). All terms which are capitalized and used
herein (which are not otherwise defined herein) shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

            The outstanding principal balance of the Undersigned's liabilities
to Lender under this Note shall be payable pursuant to the terms of the Loan
Agreement.

            The Undersigned hereby authorizes Agent and Lender to charge any
account of the Undersigned for all sums due hereunder. If payment hereunder
becomes due and payable on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday under the laws of
the United States or the State of Illinois, the due date thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding business day, and interest shall be payable
thereon at the rate specified during such extension. Credit shall be given for
payments made in the manner and at the times provided in the Loan Agreement. It
is the intent of the parties that the rate of interest and other charges to the
Undersigned under this Note shall be lawful; therefore, if for any reason the
interest or other charges payable hereunder are found by a court of competent
jurisdiction, in a final determination, to exceed the limit which Lender may
lawfully charge the Undersigned, then the obligation to pay interest or other
charges shall automatically be reduced to such limit and, if any amount in
excess of such limit shall have been paid, then such amount shall be refunded to
the Undersigned.

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            The principal and all accrued interest hereunder may be prepaid by
the Undersigned, in part or in full, at any time; provided, however, that the
Undersigned shall pay a prepayment fee as provided in the Loan Agreement.

            The Undersigned waives the benefit of any law that would otherwise
restrict or limit Lender or Agent in the exercise of its right, which is hereby
acknowledged, to set-off against the Liabilities, without notice and at any time
hereafter, any indebtedness matured or unmatured owing from Lender or Agent to
the Undersigned. The Undersigned waives every defense, counterclaim or setoff
which the Undersigned may now have or hereafter may have to any action by Lender
or Agent in enforcing this Note and/or any of the other Liabilities, or in
enforcing Lender's or Agent's rights in the Collateral and ratifies and confirms
whatever Lender or Agent may do pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Loan
Agreement and with respect to the Collateral and agrees that neither Lender nor
Agent shall be liable for any error in judgment or mistakes of fact or law.

            The Undersigned, any other party liable with respect to the
Liabilities and any and all endorsers and accommodation parties, and each one of
them, if more than one, waive any and all presentment, demand, notice of
dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the
enforcement of Lender's or Agent's rights hereunder.

            The loan evidenced hereby has been made and this Note has been
delivered at Chicago, Illinois. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONTROLLED BY
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AS TO INTERPRETATION, ENFORCEMENT,
VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, EFFECT, AND IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE LEGALITY OF THE INTEREST RATE AND OTHER CHARGES, and shall be
binding upon the Undersigned and the Undersigned's heirs, legal representatives,
successors and assigns. If this Note contains any blanks when executed by the
Undersigned, the Lender is hereby authorized, without notice to the Undersigned
to complete any such blanks according to the terms upon which the loan or loans
were granted. Wherever possible, each provision of this Note shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Note shall be prohibited by or be invalid under
such law, such provision shall be severable, and be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remaining provisions of
this Note. If more than one party shall execute this Note, the term
"Undersigned" as used herein shall mean all parties signing this Note, and each
one of them, and all such parties, their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, shall be jointly and severally obligated
hereunder.

            To induce the Lender to make the loan evidenced by this Note, the
Undersigned (i) irrevocably agrees that, subject to Agent's sole and absolute
election, all actions arising directly or indirectly as a result or in
consequence of this Note or any other agreement with the Lender or Agent, or the
Collateral, shall be instituted and litigated only in courts having situs in the
City of Chicago, Illinois; (ii) hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of any State or Federal Court located and having its situs in said
city; and (iii) waives any objection based on forum non-conveniens. IN ADDITION,
LENDER AND THE UNDERSIGNED (OR ANY ONE OF THEM, IF MORE THAN ONE)


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HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH PERTAINS DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS NOTE, THE LIABILITIES, THE COLLATERAL, ANY ALLEGED
TORTIOUS CONDUCT BY THE UNDERSIGNED OR LENDER OR WHICH IN ANY WAY, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ARISES OUT OF OR RELATES TO THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE UNDERSIGNED,
AGENT AND LENDER. In addition, the Undersigned agrees that all service of
process shall be made as provided in the Loan Agreement.

            As used herein, all provisions shall include the masculine,
feminine, neuter, singular and plural thereof, wherever the context and facts
require such construction and in particular the word "Undersigned" shall be so
construed.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Undersigned has executed this Note on the
date above set forth.

                                        EASY GARDENER PRODUCTS, LTD.


                                        By /s/ Richard M. Kurz
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                                        Name Richard M. Kurz
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title CFO
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                                        Address:
                                        3022 Franklin Avenue
                                        Waco, Texas  76710

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FOR BANK USE ONLY

Officer's Initials: __________
Approval: ____________________


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                                 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF Texas       )
                     ) SS
COUNTY OF McLennan   )

            I, Kathy Winters, a Notary Public in and for and residing in said
County and State, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT Richard M. Kurz, the CFO of Easy
Gardener Products, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, personally known to me to
be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument,
appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that (s)he signed and
delivered said instrument as his own free and voluntary act and as the free and
voluntary act of said limited partnership for the uses and purposes therein set
forth.

            GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this 22nd day of April, 2004.


                                        Kathy A. Winters
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                                        Notary Public

                                        My Commission Expires:
                                        8/29/2005
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