Hypertufa is an easy DIY cement mix made with Portland cement that is lighter than traditional cement mixtures. Hypertufa is ...

The basic ingredients for hypertufa are water, dry Portland cement (not Quikrete), sand (this is optional, but it will give the container more strength and weight) peat moss and either ...

But not many make the pots the plants grow in. A group of intrepid gardeners recently learned just how to do that in a hypertufa workshop at Ashcombe Farm & Greenhouses, in Mechanicsburg ...

In October, I made my first hypertufa troughs from a mix of peat moss, perlite, Portland cement, and water. Extremely durable once they set up, the resulting containers look similar to carved stone.

When I was a kid, troughs were for horses. Now when I say "trough," I'm not talking about the large, galvanized metal watering holes. I'm talking about the rugged-looking, cement-based containers ...

Well, meet “hypertufa” — your next new eye worm. Truth is hypertufa — a decorative concrete that is durable, lightweight and easy to mold at home — has been around for decades.

a charming little scene.Real tufa is not readily available, but you can easily make hypertufa – a fake tufa – from a mix of Portland cement, perlite, peat moss, and water. Peat moss helps the ...

Hypertufa is a mixture of Portland cement and other inexpensive ingredients that can be transformed into lightweight, custom jardinieres that look like they’ve been in the garden for ages.

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.