Author Archives: Moss And Stone Gardens

Love A Fair

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Moss around stone, gravel and water. It is the surface that makes a rock feature read as settled rather than new, and it needs no soil: cut to fit, pressed onto compacted ground, and it holds by contact. See moss for rock, stone and water features One of my favorite movies is Love Affair from […]

High Hopes

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A moss garden is a habitat, not just a surface. No mowing, no feeding, no chemicals, which is why things live in it that will not live in a lawn. See live moss for landscaping · will moss grow on my site? I spend a fair amount of time observing the small and tiny features […]

A Day At The Beach

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Moss thrives on neglect and poor ground. That is not a consolation prize, it is the whole proposition: no mowing, no feeding, no irrigation once established, and it holds ground where nothing else will. Will moss grow on my site? · live moss by the square foot This past week I took a few days […]

Moss People

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The welcome mat, should you wish to lay one. A tiny offering of moss is all it takes, and a square foot of sheet moss is several thousand individual plants. We cannot promise Hobbit houses. We can promise the moss, cut the week you order. See live moss by the square foot · the Faerie […]

Moss Man Speaks – Lawn Bad, Moss Good

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Converting a shaded lawn? Letting airborne spores do the work takes 12 to 24 months. A moss milkshake puts the species you want where you want it and knits into a stable colony in four to six months. Laid sheets read as finished ground the day they go down. See live moss for lawns · […]