I think that’s how I am with seedlings but right now I’m ready to quit and sell out!!
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hoarding is an innate inclination among jujube aficionados, haha
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the largest molds could find. Only issue is their huge size makes them as floppy as a damp sock
inverted in a bucket of sand and filled with cement slurry. Pulling it out from the bucket is like trying to yank king arthur’s sword. Maybe even harder, as the base is too wide and with nothing to get a grip of
~100 lbs of solid concrete inside here
you could tell he needs a pedicure
neopolitan plumbing included, as the scowl might not be enough to prove he is p1ssed off lol
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had to use lighter filling material(compost instead of sand)l for this as was afraid would take its toll on my spine exhuming the filled mold
at ~200 lbs , this may well be the daddy of all hernias. Probably earned for myself nascent bulging of hiatal, inguinal, and vertebral discs, yikes
satisfying to let it loose
made a few of them lion around
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Magnificent!! The lions are good too but he’s my fav!
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me too, since concrete lions are a bit too common.
concrete gargoyles are kind of rare, and they impart a comical theme. Some folks find them creepy though
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he’s so serious about his pee. I would put him in my garden immediately he’s fantastic
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as the john lennon song goes, would be good to give pees a chance 
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Grrooooooan!
I’d recommend getting yourself set up with an engine hoist or coffing lever hoist (or similar) above 50 pounds. It would save your back!
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yeah, will have to do that soon as admittedly starting to feel getting too old for this. Also noticed find it much harder lifting a 94 lb bag of cement than a 200 lb gargoyle. I guess the body mechanics is more compromised when trying to lift a powdery slick blob of a bag (which also runs the risk of getting torn) than a solid piece of cement more than twice the cement bag’s weight.
I hear ya, I agree. I have to move around a 400 lb shredder pump + hoses occasionally at work. Anything over 100 lbs is a serious endeavor. It is worth getting the tools to do it safely when possible.
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100 lbs may be serious- but 400 lbs is extreme!
got this pothead mold from UK ebay. Those brits make awesome 3D templates, and also comes with fiberglass wraparound support so no need to bury in sand
the tongue in the middle is hollow, stuffed with crumpled paper, which will hold soil
reminiscent of maleficent
will be growing chives on their hollow crowns
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You should sale them at the swap meet market Raf. A good source of second income.
Tony
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might have to do that as the yard is filling up. I remember telling myself will be happy making 6 of these, and now i have six found myself left with a quarter of a bag of cement (which isn’t enough to make one), so bought another bag of cement so as not to waste what cement powder was left with.
soon enough will have maybe a few pounds of cement left and wouldn’t want to waste that either 
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Had no idea…husband will be so disappointed with less room in the garage this winter, but im sure fresh strawberry shortcake in December will be good balm for his butt hurt. You have changed my world!
nifty mold to make roman potties
there was a time i’d buy hoses, and cut them into segments to serve as a drain, but with all the paper cement bags have been accumulating, i simply tear them up and roll them into
tubes and use as a hose replacement. Moisture and microbial action would dissolve the paper and the void becomes the drain
segmental cast removal
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