HEART-SHAPED SUCCULENT CONTAINER
WHAT YOU NEED:
Plastic-covered
work surface
Damp all-purpose
sand
Mud gloves
Your
favorite hypertufa recipe (I like this one: http://fromthesummersgarden.blogspot.mx/p/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-ja-x_10.html)
Plastic
mixing bucket
Trowel
A stick and
a brick
WHAT YOU DO:
You can make
thIs project inside on a plastic-covered work surface with a pile of damp sand
or right out in the garden using soil as long as the temperature is not
freezing.
1. Form the sand or the soil into a large heart
shape and round off the edges so the pile resembles a heart pillow- higher in
the center sloping lower as it reaches the edges. Be sure that your sand or
soil is damp enough to firmly hold your shaping efforts.
2. Mix up a batch of hypertufa, to a dense clay-like
consistency. Sprinkle loose but thick 2-inch layer of hypertufa over the
surface of the heart. Then begin firmly
press the material together patting into a smooth heart shape.
TIP: Do not allow the hypertufa to extend outward horizontally
from the edge of the mold. If it does
spread out, it will not hurt your container but it will detract from a nice
trim heart shape.
3. Use a stick or your finger to poke two to
three drainage holes in the upper area of the hump. Then, firm the outer edge using the edge of the
container using a trowel or a brick.
This will give the edge a nice even finish.
4. Allow the hypertufa to rest for three to four
days until it is cured and vary hard.
Then using a trowel or small shovel, gently pry an edge upward to lift
the container off of the mold. Be very
careful with this step as the container is still “green” and not at full
strength. Carefully clean out loose sand
or dirt and allow the container to sit for a week.
5. Fill with growing medium and pot up your
favorite succulents.
At From the
Summer’s Garden, we have been busy making some cool new strawberry pots from
hypertufa. Join us for Strawberry Garden
Time, our Spring Garden Studio Sale.
Open 10-5 every Friday, Saturday
and Sunday in May starting with the last weekend in April. We will also be a part of the 2018 KC
Symphony Designer’s Showhouse opening
mid-April. More infor coming soon!
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