Today’s article is for all those crafty gardeners and I’m speaking literally, not figuratively. If you’re creative, why not make your own containers to grow your plants in? Make them for yourself, and ...
Last Saturday at the Farmers' Market on the Square, I was captivated by the items for sale at a booth labeled "Hypertufa Garden Art." Fortunately, I knew the people who were manning the booth, so I ...
Even though the growing season is nearing its end, it's never too late to make hypertufa garden containers to adorn a deck, patio, walkway or to give as a gift. Just about any size and shape of ...
KENNEWICK -- Have bare spots in your landscaping? Want to learn how to grow veggies, install drip irrigation or plant containers? Drop by the Washington State University Extension Master Gardener's ...
Garden troughs are seen in all the best places. Designed to mimic antique stone containers, many troughs in Atlanta gardens are made from hypertufa: a mixture of Portland cement, peat moss and perlite ...
What is hypertufa? It is an anthropic rock from various aggregates bonded by Portland cement. Invented for use in alpine gardens, it is growing in popularity everywhere for making garden ornaments, ...
The name comes from “tufa,” a porous, lightweight, soft rock. It’s easy to gouge out a planting pocket that can be filled with potting soil and hens-and-chicks or other sedums. Let time put a patina ...
For all you crafty gardeners, why not make your own containers to grow plants in? You can make them for yourself as well as family and friends. Once you get the hang of it, they are easy and fun to ...
Rough stone containers in the garden give the appearance of old age with their weathered look. But if these chipped, mossy and worn planters, known as troughs or sinks, are made of hypertufa, their ...
HUNLOCK CREEK, Pa. — Finding the perfect planter for your plants is easy!! Whether you have a tiny succulent or a larch hibiscus tree you can create a custom hypertufa planter of any shape and size!