Growing Hens and Chicks – Easy Care Plants!
Growing Hens and Chicks is an easy task for an inexperience gardener, so even if you are a beginner, these little Jewels of the Garden should still be a great pleasure to grow. …
Hypertufa
Trying My Pilea Peperomioides Outside In Hypertufa
It is wonderful to have the warm weather back here in Ohio, and yes, I can admit, sometimes it is uncomfortably warm. But now I get to put so many plants outside and…
Trying To Make Foaming Hypertufa – You’ve Heard of AirCrete? – Will It Work? FAIL!
I have attempted an experiment for a different variation of hypertufa. I know we make hypertufa for a lighter version of concrete planters, so having recently read about foaming concrete or AirCrete, I…
For Hypertufa, Which of These Bags of Cement Do I Choose?
When a gardener is cruising down the isle at the local Big Box store, hardware store, lumber supply center, or other type of store, she will eventually come across an aisle that has…
Sealing Hypertufa For Moisture-Loving Plants
This summer season, I am interested in planting some plants in my hypertufa that are not necessarily drought loving plants. I really want to expand the diversity of plants that I have. Maybe…
We Are Planting Succulents ! Grown-Up Mommy & Me Day
My daughter is off work today and we are going to get to planting succulents while I have someone here to help me make a video and plant too! We enjoy doing this…
Plant Pick: Miniature Sea Pink or Sea Thrift In Hypertufa
A few years ago, I had some miniature armeria or “sea pink” in my hypertufa troughs and I really loved those cute little plants. These particular miniature armeria grow in a tiny cushion…
Go For The Sealed Bottle Terrarium?
Last spring and summer I planted a bottle garden in a giant bubble-type bottle. Now what am I going to do with it? It has grown SO MUCH! This is a type of…
Our Scars of Silver and Gold: Kintsugi
Life Lessons learned from a broken hypertufa bowl Those of you who have read my earlier blog on breaking one of my favorite hypertufa planters will want to read my follow-up on its…
A Marathon Hypertufa Making Session
How about let’s just make one big mess and get a whole lot done at once? That is what I decided to do, and with the help of the family, we all pitched…
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