Hi,,Thanks for all the responses. The day I made the post i tried 5 times to do the search but nothing came up (maybe it was my DSL) Well the 6 th time was a charm because I got to see all 1500 of the posting.

I have decided that it may be too hot and wet where I live to have hypertufa out all year :(

I plan on going with regular concrete stone (painted of stained) and in november when the weather gets cooler and dryer make a few troughs. I am sure there will be a few I didn`t do such a good job on LOL. Those I will leave out the summer of 07 to see if they hold up. The others I will store in the garage.

Like I said before, I fell in love with the look of hypertufa.....but maybe there is a reason you don`t see people making them here. If I can only use them in the winter for my annuals thats okay. I am still going to give them a try.

~~D`Ann~~~~~~~~~~~