Encouraging moss that is already there? Watering is the free half of the job, and this post covers what happens when you overdo it. The bare patches are the slow part: a moss milkshake seeds them for a few dollars a square foot, and laid sheets close them the same day. See moss milkshakes and […]
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Moss really is cut to order, by the square foot. See the range Happy Mossgiving to you and yours Let us give thanks and praise. Moss be with you Moss be good Moss be all over your neighborhood. Moss is green Moss is gold Moss is something to behold. Moss in pebble Moss in cobble […]
Readers Questions Rolling a net out in autumn is close to the whole maintenance list. No mowing, no feeding, no herbicide, no irrigation once it is established. Leaves for a few weeks in fall, and that is it. See live moss by the square foot · moss instead of a lawn Dear Moss And Stone […]
Three of the mosses in this piece are on our shelves. Cushion moss for the domes, mood moss, also sold as rock cap, against the stone, and tree apron moss for the flat ground. A container this size takes well under a square foot of each. See terrarium and container moss · every species we […]
The short version: moss tolerates a far wider pH range than most plants. Acidic ground helps because your grass and weeds hate it, not because the moss loves it. Which is why the practical advice is to leave the soil poor and compact it, rather than improve it. Will moss grow on my site? · […]
The species named here are the ones we supply. Sheet moss and fern moss for a shady lawn, Bryum for sun, and the mounding acrocarps for borders and living mulch. Adding more than one species is the advice below, and it is the right advice. Why Mixed Plantings Last Longer See every species we supply […]
Netting is the answer to most of this. Pond netting at three eighths of an inch, pinned tight and left in place, disappears as the moss grows through it. It is the same technique used to hold newly laid moss on a slope, so it earns its keep twice. See live moss by the square […]
The pots are long gone, the moss is not. A three-inch dish takes about a quarter of a square foot, and the care really is as forgiving as this post says: mist when you think of it, and it will wait weeks without you. See terrarium and dish garden moss Cheeky, catchy, charming, […]
A whole landscape fits in a blue dish. Cushion moss makes the hills, sheet moss the ground you walk on, and a few flakes of stone do the rest. Terrarium grade moss is sold from a quarter of a square foot, so the moss for a dish like this costs a few dollars. See moss […]
Building one? Twelve species in stock for terrariums and vivariums, hand cleaned and pest checked for closed builds, sold from a quarter of a square foot. Sheet moss for the floor, cushion and mood moss as accents. See live terrarium moss When glass gathers moss , the glory is intensified. By night, glass glistens from […]











