In this era of do-it-yourself projects, producing plants by taking cuttings and creating a hypertufa planter for them to grow in is at the top of the list for money savings for the home gardener. For ...

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 out a ...

If you garden to any extent, sooner or later you will encounter a hypertufa planter. If you are unfamiliar with hypertufa, it is a lightweight stone-like material made from Portland cement, peat moss ...

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.

Question: I recently was reading an old garden magazine at the doctor’s office about making your own concrete planter. I was going to ask about copying it, but I forgot. Now the magazine is not there.

Hypertufa containers are porous, rock-like planters that you can make at home. The basic ingredients include Portland cement, peat moss, and either vermiculite or perlite. Mix the dry ingredients ...

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 ...

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Ed Glover, from the North American Rock Garden Society, will present a program on hypertufa troughs and rock gardens at the Dodge County Master Gardeners' meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. The meeting ...