Would seem to work fine, add a little more portland, and if your gravel is a composite mixture of aggregate, not just straight up crushed stone, that should give you the array of aggregate needed, its usually, various sizes passing through certain size sieves, still should work fine, but if its one size crushed stone, (as I realize different areas use the same terms for things but have different meanings) maybe you can get an intermediate size aggregate in there?
Either or, should work with the right amount of portland, just be careful with how much water you add, that's the biggest mistake usually, not having the water/cementitious material ratio right, people tend to add too much usually on the water side to make the material more workable. can't be your first time mixing this anyway, most usually have an eye for the slump they want, I always did with mortar, same thing with concrete, and if I did do that I'd "tighten" it up with a little more portland anyway.
The only thing I think can be difficult, with small batches, too small to order a ready mix truck, but big enough where you have to mix several batches, is keeping the mix uniform, and or more importantly, keeping enough material flowing. I liked to mix my own for small jobs too, but seems in the summer time, it starts to cure sooner than you want it meaning you're still making material to fill the form, and you may need to be screeding, finishing etc. I did this little apron slab at a friends house years ago, bag mix and wheel barrow, too restricted to do it any other way, and we really went quick making the material, yet I still had to be very careful, one end of the form was setting up and was ready for the broom finish, had I been able to bring my mixer, different story, LOL was not wanting to do that one over, 19 bags carried down the steps, through the walkway, to the back, hot summer day, came out fine, and still looks good today.
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