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Old May 21, 2010   #1
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Default Well, The EarthTainer Made It Into The Orange County Register Today

...but not in the context that I had hoped. I ONLY authorize the use of the EarthTainer Design to grow "Legal" crops........

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/h...ow-plants.html

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would have been a very nice article if they would have flipped it upside down. The good part is all the way at the end and the junk I didn't want to know is at the top. But oh well, nice article anyway.
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would have been a very nice article if they would have flipped it upside down. The good part is all the way at the end and the junk I didn't want to know is at the top. But oh well, nice article anyway.
I guess Reporters today want to focus on the "contentious" stuff in writing articles. No one ever contacted me to get the FACTS on how the system works, what the advantages are, and how it eliminates weeding, etc. I only hope a few folks can see that this system provides an option to grow tomatoes on Condo or Apartment balconies where they could not grow heirloom tomatoes previously.

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Raybo, I think the writer was "making the news" more than your super-duper tomato device.

What would the world be like without people who constantly exaggerate to sell a story??? Ahhhh, ........ maybe a little closer to Utopia.

I dream of a day when exaggerations by so-called "News" writers will cause their heads to turn green. At least then we'll be able to identify them without having to listen to the constant flow of tripe they spout.

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Old May 21, 2010   #5
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Looks like Ibsen and TomatoFest got the interview and the photo credit for your 'tainer garden, Ray.
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Looks like Ibsen and TomatoFest got the interview and the photo credit for your 'tainer garden, Ray.
The TomatoFest folks spend thousands of dollars hosting the Videos and Construction Guide for me, which I could not well afford to do buying my own Servers, so if they get some PR value from it, I am happy for them. I just wish the Reporter would have gotten her facts straight.

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Well, welcomed to the ranks of the misrepresented in the media.
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My guess is that she really just didn't comprehend the science - but hey, if it gets more people interested, it's a positive.
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That was an odd article. It would of been nice too if you had been given some credit. Well, as Chucker said if it gets people interested it is a positive.
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