Today I made my first "rock" trough out of a styrofoam fish box.  Here are the items you will need to create your own: Styrofoam f...

Use a wire brush to rough up the surface of the styrofoam. Make sure to work extra hard on the square edges. I found the harder you push on ...

Use a small drill or something very small to create hole in the bottom of the box for drainage.

Use a heat gun over the entire exterior surface of the styrofoam box. This will harden the exterior and prevent it from denting.  You can us...

The last step in making the "rock" troughs is to paint them with masonry paint to look like rock or concrete. I recommend using mo...

In the fall, I am so tired of working in the yard that I dread raking leaves and bringing my plants in for the season.  However, by spring I...

Just happened to catch Wisconsin Gardener on PBS this morning.  A man from Mt Horeb was showing how to make troughs out of styrofoam fish bo...