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 ...

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 ...

NORTH BEND — Southwestern Oregon Chapter of the American Rhododendron member Ron Prchal will be demonstrating a technique for turning Styrofoam containers into hypertufa trough planters. Planters can ...

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 ...

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 completed hypertufa - the troughs are a great alternative to heavy concrete or stone planters. Photo: Supplied / Not-For-Syndication I've been dabbling in hypertufa pot-making lately. Hypertufa is ...

A lot 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. Do-it-yourself faux-stone containers bring a mini-garden to any setting.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...