After talking about it for years, I finally did it, I made a trough. But I can't really take credit, because I'd still be saying, "Oh, we should really do that," if Ann Murphy hadn't tired of my wishy ...

In October, I made my first hypertufa troughs from a mix of peat moss, perlite, Portland cement, and water. Extremely durable once they set up, the resulting containers look similar to carved stone.

Five-gallon buckets are ubiquitous and cheap. But did you know they can also be hacked, hod-rodded, reengineered, and upcycled to create dozens of useful DIY project for homeowners, gardeners, ...