Every garden needs that little extra something to make others sit up and take note of it. We all need that something' if our gardens are to do us proud. Instead of spending money on building convoluted gazebos we can work with something very basic and one that does not cost us much to start off with. Garden ornamentations have been in vogue for quite some time now; the ornamentations often range from gazebos to fountains. Of course, such complex ornamentations are expensive to say the least. With hyper tufa, we need not worry about the expense as the tufa is made from some of the most basic materials. The Hypertufa How-to Manual by Claudia F. Brownlie, shows us the methods by which we can start making some tufa for our gardens.

Tufa, in reality, sounds easier to make than it actually is. Although it is comprised of some of the most basic materials of this earth, in reality it is a whole lot harder to create. As The Hypertufa How-to Manual' clearly highlights, in order to make proper tufa, we will first need to mix the right materials in the correct proportions. For any misstep here would result in the tufa collapsing on itself. It is crucial to get the proportions right and once we have the mixture; we will need to mix it and mold it accordingly to the shape of our preference. Claudia F. Brownlie, has done a lot of research on tufa for the content that she provides in her e-book is well detailed and covers every aspect involved in the making of a tufa architecture. The Hypertufa How-to Manual' has been written with very clear instructions so that even the most complex steps involved in the tufa-making is easily understood by one and all.

The Hypertufa How-to Manual' provides us with everything that we would ever need to know on tufa, from molding it to curing it. Once it is cured, it hardens to cement like substance and tends to withstand the rigors of the environment for a long time. This is another reason as to why tufa ornamentations are a much better idea than a fountain.

The tufa is quite light and it can be molded into any shape that we may desire as long as we follow the instructions provided by The Hypertufa How-to Manual'. Garden ornamentations are not exactly unheard of but tufa ornamentations are, at least in most parts of the world. In other words, with tufa and our imagination in the mix, we should be able to make quite an impact with our gardens.