The peat moss that's most often used in Hypertufa is sphagnum peat moss. Comes compacted in full and half bales. Billie

hiya Judy,
You want the dark blackish brown garden variety of peat moss that's used as a soil ammendment.

The long fibered Spagnum is very light weight , sold dry in smallish bags and used for decorating floral arrangements and such. This type is usually tannish to greenish in color and is not the one everyone refers to when mixing 'tufa.

Remember to screen your peat to remove lumps and sticks.

Good luck (((*-*)))

Just go to the local garden center or nursery and buy a bale of spaghnum moss that looks kind of like dirt; that's the kind of spaghnum most people use in hypertufa. You can screen it by throwing a piece of hardware cloth over a wheel barrow or other container and rubbing it through that. Make sure you wear your gloves.

I can understand the confusion. The huge bale of peat moss that I purchased was labeled in large letters PEAT MOSS, then a smaller label said "Finest quality Canadian Spaghnum moss." Checked with my garden center, and they said that peat, and spaghnum are the same. Go figure. Archer4