Re: Hypertufa, was Re: Gout weed, etc
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- Subject: Re: Hypertufa, was Re: Gout weed, etc
- From: T* &* D* D* <t*@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 07:55:04 -0700
Hi there...I have a couple of articles up on the site about making these is
anyone is interested...:)
Donna
http://www.ICanGarden.com
At 11:17 PM 1/25/98 -0800, you wrote:
>The American Rock Garden Society published a bulletin about troughs which
>fits nicely with what Nan mentions. It is Volume 52, Number 2 (Spring
>1994). The ARGS bulletin has some colour photos that give you a good idea
>about how troughs will look when planted up.
>
>Susan
>Mount Lehman, BC
>Sunset Zone 4, USDA 7 or 8
>----------
>From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@ucsd.edu>
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Gout weed, V.B. F&G show, copper pipe, small vine for large
>pot?
>Date: January 25, 1998 8:10 PM
>
>A suggestion for "rock envy." Have you ever seen hypertuffa? It's looks
>like rock, but you make it from concrete, sand, and the native soil in your
>yard. It's much lighter than rock, and you can make any shape you'd like,
>depending upon the kind of form you create, from a hole in the ground to
>formal geometric shapes you form with styrofoam. I've been dying to try to
>make some hypertuffa planters, they're typically used to create rock
>gardens where none exist. I've never looked for directions on the web, but
>I'm sure you could find some if you try. Otherwise, I have a book on
>stonescaping that is not very useful, but does have directions. I could
>dig it out (so to speak!) if you'd like.
>
>Nan
>
>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>Nan Sterman, Master Composter in Residency
>Olivenhain, California
>Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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>So goes an old chinese proverb:
> If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
> If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
> If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
> If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener
>
>
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