I feel very fortunate to be in the position to ask anything of David Spain, moss expert, co-owner of Moss and Stone Gardens. Often, when I’m researching a piece for this blog or another media outlet, I’ve learned to question long held beliefs. David has taught me think about moss and to question what is being […]
After 450 million years in the making, 2 years in development, a patent pending, and an infinite number of ideas flowing, stirring up juices like one might find in a frothy river, Moss and Stone Gardens — Where Moss Rocks! launched their first moss dish garden to an eager group of buyers. Moss Rocks! are […]
Emerald green, rolling mounds, stillness enticing, and barefoot begging, mosses are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Primitive plants, evolving 450 million years ago — 70 million years before ferns and tens of millions more years before the first dinosaur, mosses are finally getting their due. There has been a marked trend towards moss within […]
Dear David, The squirrels have been digging up my attempts to grow a moss lawn. What do you suggest? I have so many unpleasant thoughts about ways to eat the squirrel. Vance Dear Vance, I feel your pain. squirrels can be a troublesome animal in a garden. […]
Cheeky, catchy, charming, cute, Moss and Stone Gardens’ Mexican earthenware moss caches are a gardener’s new best friend. At first they seem like just another adorable way to befriend moss, but you soon realize, they are so much more. “These small containers were fun to put together, the rough handmade quality was just […]
Welcome to my home away from home. Come, leave your cares at the steps; go west then north. Tiny your size and imagine how clever I can be with moss as my muse. Imagine, how savvy you will be, once mellowed by moss. After our minds have synced, we can roll down the hill for […]
When glass gathers moss , the glory is intensified. By night, glass glistens from the light of a firefly or the stars shining from above. Inside, glass glistens, too, as a reflection from candle light’s soft glow. By day, glass becomes a vessel, flattering all that resides, elevating the status of the moss garden below. […]
To be fair, I should have warned Country Gardens Magazine’s photographers about moss. To our readers as well, moss be warned. Having touched on the side-effects of moss in an earlier post, I now think it’s of the utmost importance to spell it out — moss gardens will seduce you. Once seduced, […]
At the dawn of spring, dainty sporophytes form after a sexual encounter of a moss kind. The lens captures what few will see; unless, of course, you are one of the chosen ones — chosen to grow moss, because you can. Our old dish garden friend Mellow Yellow, sports sporohytes, ready to spew […]
UNDERSTANDING PEEP CULTURE For 87 years, peeps have gathered at The Moss Farm for their spring revival. The three-month event begins the day after Easter when the peep population is at it’s lowest. Fellow peeps gather to morn the loss of their peeple, gain knowledge from their teacher, The Learned Old Frog, and to mate […]