If you do not know what is hypertufa (an amazing art of creating beautiful garden objects and ornaments like pots, planters, rocks, spheres etc. using portland cement, peat moss, perlite or vermiculite and some other materials), I’m afraid my blog is not for you. (You can google ‘what is hypertufa’ to quickly and easily find this out.)
The main reason I’ve created this DIY hypetufa blog is to share useful links where hypertufa enthusiasts (like me) can find (mostly) free information on how to make various hypertufa objects on their own – the DIY way.
Obviously, one can google ‘diy hypertufa’ to find many such resources directly as well. As a diy gardening and ‘tufa enthusiast, I’ve been doing this myself, for quite some time now (and like I said, so can you). The reason why I thought of creating this blog is two-fold:
1. Many of the results shown by google (and other search engines like yahoo, bing etc.) do not provide diy hypertufa information that is actually useful for practical purposes and (almost conversely)
2. Many websites/pages providing useful and practical information are not shown in the search results (not in the top 2 or 3 pages at least).
Over a period of time, I’ve dug out, vetted and collected a number of such useful and practical (but not easy to find) how-to and DIY hypertufa links which I intend to share via this blog. Most of the links I share will have either textual/pictorial or video information using which you can actually make some hypertufa object or the other.
I hope what I share here will be of use to other budding (as well as seasoned) hypertufa and garden art enthusiasts.
Alright, I’m hooked, and should be trying this out for myself very soon.
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Great! 🙂 Do try it out and let us know how it goes for you.
You can also check out my latest post in case you wish to get a jump start with DIY hypertufa:
https://diyhypertufagardenart.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/diy-hypertufa-pdf-ebook/
All the best.
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LOVE THIS! I have seen this idea in a few magazines, but never in this detail – Great idea to put it all in one place. Can’t wait until next spring -This will be my best garden EVER!
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I’m happy you find my blog useful Jodie – and all the best with your DIY hypertufa plans. 🙂
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I am looking for a button to follow your blog . . . can you direct me?
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Should be near the top of the screen Deb (just beneath your browser’s address bar). Do let me know if you can’t find it still.
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I found it – Thanks!
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Honestly, I had no idea this word even existed till I found your blog. I love the idea of hypertufa, it looks like so much fun. I love being creative and this may be another outlet for creativity I become addicted to. Thanks for being willing to share your useful finds.
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You’re welcome Crazy8. I’m happy and excited to know that my blog is turning out to be actually useful to other garden art enthusiasts. 🙂
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Thanks for the visit.
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I tried making one a few months back but my mix was too runny and it ended up being the drip bowl under a leaky outside tap instead of the beautiful pot plant that I wanted but your post on the birdbath just made me want to try again. It was quite fun albeit a tad messy.
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Have you made a second attempt (so to say) already, Ru? If so, please do share how it went. Would just love to hear about first-hand ‘tufa experiences. 🙂
Best wishes.
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I love that you’ve collected a lot of good info about this art form. Good luck to you and your blog. Many thanks for stopping by my blog. I appreciate that.
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Thanks for your kind words Connie. 🙂
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Very cool, I never thought of it before but it looks fun. Have to see if we have all the materials needed available in NZ
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Thank you for liking my First gardenia blog. This is a really interesting blog and hypertufa looks like a lot of fun.
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Glad to have connected with you Diana. 🙂
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