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 ...

My experience playing with Hypertufa extends over many years. I say playing because the creative opportunities are endless. I have made everything from water features to Buddha heads out of Hypertufa.

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 ...

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 out a ...

Question: I recently was reading an old garden magazine at the doctor’s office about making your own concrete planter. I was going to ask about copying it, but I forgot. Now the magazine is not there.

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 ...

The weathered surface of a stone planter adds Old World character to a garden. However, the high cost and heavy weight of these timeless containers can break your budget and your back. The good news ...

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 ...

Ed Glover, from the North American Rock Garden Society, will present a program on hypertufa troughs and rock gardens at the Dodge County Master Gardeners' meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. The meeting ...