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.

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 ...

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 ...