During the warm weather months, you can find Cherie Heck gardening at her home in Rockford, and molding Hypertufa stepping-stones for a garden path molded from giant leaves of an Elephant plant.

For all you crafty gardeners, why not make your own containers to grow plants in? You can make them for yourself as well as family and friends. Once you get the hang of it, they are easy and fun to ...

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 ...

Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a type of artificial stone. It was first created in the mid-19th century by mixing sand, peat, various volcanic aggregates and cement. It's relatively lightweight ...