As I look for inspiration (and a way to become more interested in my garden), I realized that finding some DIY projects to spruce up my yard might be just the key. As I browse for garden ideas, I find ...

Sophie shows how to make a lightweight container that imitates the beauty of stone. She is using a material called hypertufa, a pot made from a mixture of cement, coir and perlite that you can create ...

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 ...

Alot of gardeners grow plants in pots. Some start their own flowers from seed. A few even make their own potting mix using homemade compost. But not many make the pots the plants grow in. A group of ...

Once you get past their odd name, the homemade faux-stone planters known as hypertufa containers have a place in any garden and make for a perfect spring project. About as easy (or hard) to make as ...

Once you get past their odd name, the homemade faux-stone planters known as hypertufa containers have a place in any garden. Do-it-yourself faux-stone containers bring a mini-garden to any setting.

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 ...

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 ...

The cold month of February is the time to start seeds, and to start preparing planters for your container plants. Building cute and functional planters is a way to make the best of chilly days spent ...