Not only can you make plant containers for yourself, but you can also craft them gifts for family and friends since the ...

Hypertufa sounds like a plant disease, but it’s not; it’s something that you might want to bring into your garden. The name comes from “tufa,” a porous, lightweight, soft rock. It’s easy to gouge a ...

Robber barons of the 19th and 20th centuries impressed their peers with stately homes, elaborate greenery -- and ornamental statuary carved from tufa, a calcium carbonate rock. Even if you don't have ...

In October, I made my first hypertufa troughs from a mix of peat moss, perlite, Portland cement, and water. Extremely durable once they set up, the resulting containers look similar to carved stone.

Mix the above ingredients dry with your hands until completely homogenous. Add one part water and mix well. Add additional water if needed to make a mixture that is just moist. If worked in your hand ...

When I was a kid, troughs were for horses. Now when I say "trough," I'm not talking about the large, galvanized metal watering holes. I'm talking about the rugged-looking, cement-based containers that ...

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 ...

You know when you stumble on something you’ve never heard of before and then you start seeing it everywhere? Well, meet “hypertufa” — your next new eye worm. Truth is hypertufa — a decorative concrete ...

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, ...

Follow Marlene on social media @MarleneThePlantLady. Real tufa pots are expensive so make your own. This is a fun project for kids and adults. It’s a cheap and fun project for kids to do for Holiday ...