Last spring I made a hypertufa planter especially for my new Aloe plant. It was an Aloe Crosby Prolific. And that potted plant has grown so well this year that it now has too many pups or babies and they are all crowding each other out of the pot. I have to separate my aloe…
Time for an update on my Large Moss Hypertufa that I planted last fall. As I planted it, I included a lot of varieties of moss for gardens that I found in my yard and in the fields around here and I think it has turned out really nice. I have had a few instances…
A couple of short videos Here are some short videos including some helpful ideas for you when you make your own garden planters from hypertufa. Maybe you have been thinking about making some hypertufa planters yourself? It is easier than you think, and I thought I could show you a couple of videos with helpful…
Old and pitted, lichens and moss embedded, that’s the look. I love the look of the old stone troughs, those that look like the real thing: That ancient stone trough that some farmer carved from rock back in the 1890s. A trough like the one on page 125 of *My affiliate links are used…
Perhaps you don’t like moss? As for myself, I find it so appealing. I love how it is green almost all the time, even in cold weather. And it is so serene and softly mat-forming . I love to have it grow in my garden. So far, it doesn’t seem to want or need to…
New Hypertufas to be made. It is early in Ohio Zone 6 to start making new outdoor planters with hypertufa already, but I am impatient so I have already started a planter. I made it Thursday outside in the garage and with the temperatures in the 50s, it wasn’t too bad. As I explained on…
Do you like a cute and unusual shape for your planter? I am always on the look-out for a strange-shaped plastic planter or other container of any kind, so that I can evaluate it for use as one of my hypertufa molds. I have used many different ones and some have become favorites. For instance,…
One of the easiest and most colorful houseplants is the Tradescantia zebrina or Wandering Jew Houseplant. I think it is a great beginner houseplant because it grows so well in bright light, grows quickly, and once you have one started, propagating is so easy that you can have one in every room. If vivid purple…
One of my cutest houseplants is a Pilea glauca ( also called Red Stem Pilea, Silver Sparkles Pilea, Gray Baby Tears) and that is because I like tiny plants and trailing plants and this is both of those. I have also seen this plant listed as Pilea libanensis too, so I am not really sure…
The snow and the warm-up alternate. We wake up to snow some mornings and other days reach the 40s and even 50s . Of course, that is Ohio at this time of year. Falling snow and temperatures are frequently in the below zero range and a few days later we are getting a warm…