Hypertufa Planter Made About 10 Years Ago
QueenLaTufa
10 years ago
This is a hypertufa pot I made about ten years ago after returning from an inspiring trip to Europe.
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Comments (8)Cliff, Review things and ideas in this forum, ask lots of questions, review other sites that have concrete art, design and sculpture. Don't stick to just concrete sites, there are lots of craft and art pieces that can be adapted to the use of cement and cement type mixes, mix the media Continue to look at the leaves on your tropicals and say I can do this, and make a leaf or two, that will keep you salivating for the next project. I think my site and respect for ART and the diversity in it all has improved 100 fold since venturing to this site. Dena...See MoreAnybody on here from say 10 years ago?
Comments (79)The text is pale gray, the tiny headings that say 'Garden Forum Garden Topics Garden Junk' that you might use to navigate are pale green. You probably missed that altogether, it is so hard to see. The improvements are that you don't have to use code any more to insert a photo or make your type bold. There is a tiny line at the bottom of this page where you should be able to switch off the emails -- tiny green letters: Click to switch off notifications. We can go or we can stay....See MoreMade some hypertufa pots--what about you?
Comments (14)Hi everyone, Thanks for looking/commenting, I really appreciate it. It really was a fun, easy project. Let's see, you can re-use the smooth molds (bowls etc) but not the baskets. Because of the basket weave, the hypertufa extends into the basket battern a bit so the outer basket needs to be cut away with pruners or a heavy duty pair of scissors. I just snipped a vertical line down the outer basket and then sort of ripped-open the outer basket shell to "free" the pot. The hypertufa was hard enough by then to not get highly marked by my snipping, but still soft enough (day #1) to let the basket go. It's much easier and quicker (and more re-usable) to use heavy, durable bowls, metal especially, but you get a different finish. I picked up the bowls and baskets at Goodwill for like a dollar each by the way. It was fun. I always also pick up some old silverware there too for potting work--forks, spoons, butter knives and even sharp bread knives come in very handy around the potting bench. I did spray the bowls with no-stick vegetable spray and then definitely helped them pop out. Having that nice big drop cloth (semi-disposable packing blanket actually) helped contain the mess. The recipe calls for portland *cement*, not concrete-with-rocks, so you could try concrete with rocks in it, but I used the recommended portland cement which you can just buy at any large hardware store. I'm looking forward to my next batch of pots and to seeing what other sorts of goodies we all could make from this stuff. It's fun and very easy so give it a try and post your results. Below is a link to the online version of the how-to article from Martha Stewart's March (maybe Feb) article. Thanks again for the nice replies. Take care, Grant Here is a link that might be useful: Hypertufa how-to from Martha Stewart...See MorePicking up where I left off about 10 years ago!
Comments (5)Hi colorcrazy, I'm in Richmond. I just found the Post series by google. I spent all day Thursday putting together a binder with organization plans and checklists. I even found the old Woman's Day Room of the Month Plan in a Household Hints folder from 2001! I actually divided my house up into 15 areas and I'm going to do 2 a month so I've got time off for Christmas, vacation and gardening. The areas that are often too hot to work in are being done this month and next month like the attic and garage. But first, I'm starting with some Fly Lady Crisis Cleaning for a few hours today. Then, I go to the attic! When I say I am 10 years behind, I am NOT exaggerating. I've got about 2 years worth of papers to sort through, 6 years worth of gardening and 10 years worth of decluttering. I do keep the visble areas of the house clean and somewhat presentable. But only I know what lurks below the surface and it's been haunting me for too long. I realize that I've been so good at crisis management that I made it my lifestyle! It seemed I went from one crisis to another and spent the time in between recovering and waiting for the next crisis! By letting the house and garden go I created crises since I can never find things and alway went into panic mode if people were coming to my home. The REAL crises are over and it's time to stop this madness and get organized again!...See Moreclub53
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