Twenty members and two guests of the Foothills Herb Society defied snowy weather on March 12 to study growing and using herbs. Nancy Baxter gave a program on how to make an artificial stone pot ...

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 ...

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 ...

Always on the lookout for quality plant pots that don’t cost a fortune? Making your own is cheap, fun and easy. You may never buy one again after trying this method for simulating aged, weathered ...

Hypertufa pot workshop is Thursday WHAT: Hypertufa pot workshop WHEN: Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Farm & Home Center, 2715 Route 44, Millbrook DETAILS: This workshop will show participants how ...

SANTA CRUZ — Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a manmade stone made from various aggregates bonded together with cement. It’s perfect for making long lasting garden containers. It looks like rock, ...

A crowd of people young and old filled seats at tables covering the multipurpose room at Sahara West Library on May 24 to make lightweight garden pots for their summer plants. The pots were made of ...

With three ingredients and a little bit of time, you can make hypertufa pots to put out in your garden. They are concrete-based and should last through the Central Georgia winter. The Master Gardeners ...

Papercrete vessels, like hypertufa pots, are waterproof, but they are lighter in weight. Before use, the newly made container needs to dry out of the weather. In winter, it may take as long as two ...

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 ...