Try this Tufa mix when you do this project.

* 1 part cement
* 1 part sand
* 1 part colored aquarium gravel
* 2 parts peat moss or potting mix. (be sure the potting mix has no fertilizer)
* enough water to make a heavy stucco type compound.

You will also need a couple of containers. I have used everything from milk cartons to Styrofoam coolers. These will be your molds.

Never start this with only one, you will have some left over and it is nice to have someplace to put it. Besides that, when you are finished you will have 2 pots. That is always good. If you mess one up you can do better on the second one.

Look around and see what you can find. Maybe a 5 gallon pail cut lengthways and laying on its side. You can get them free at a lot of wine-making stores and micro breweries. Use your imagination here, the more unusual, the better it will look.

Sometimes if you have a good container like an old cooler you can slop on a coat of 1 part cement