Every spring, without fail, ads come on TV about the latest new product that makes gardening a cinch. I watch countless demonstrations with fake, powdery soil that bears no resemblance to the clay of ...

On a hot summer day, 15-year-old Jordan Jones of Oswego waters a tomato plant he is growing in his backyard in an EarthBox container. It is the first time he has ever tried to grow anything other than ...

DECATUR - Last year, participants in the school-age program at Wee Folk picked the vegetables they grew and got to take some produce home as well. "They also used the produce in the kitchen," recalled ...

When the EarthBox came onto the market several years ago, it was an instant success with home gardeners who loved the promise of easy, small-space container gardening. Hundreds of thousands of ...

When the EarthBox came onto the market several years ago, it was an instant success with home gardeners who loved the promise of easy, small-space container gardening. Hundreds of thousands of ...

ELLENTON -- Blake Whisenant will wear his first tuxedo next month to his first black-tie gala. The American Horticultural Society is honoring the 73-year-old farmer who simplified growing, even for ...

While Holly Hayes grows Porterhouse tomatoes, Sylvia Ulloa is trying out the EarthBox, which promises high yields with less water. She planted two tomatoes in the planter and a control plant in a ...

The Spring Farm Tour hosted by the Manatee River Soil and Water Conservation District will be held on March 10. The annual farm tour has several planned stops, including Earthbox Garden Center for a ...

Robert “Blake” Whisenant Sr., 88, inventor of the EarthBox, a member of the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, and a humanitarian noted for his kindness, died after a long battle with Parkinson’s ...

Desperate for a pop of color? Well, us, too. Envirosax’s new “Mai Tai” line packs five bright, good-sized, reuseable nylon bags into a sixth snapped pouch so you’re never without a little eye candy on ...