If you want to grow moss between pavers, choose an area with a maximum of 60% sunlight, water it regularly, and add sulfur to the soil if needed. Below is a guide with instructions on how to grow moss between pavers. Choosing The Right Moss Look for Pluerocarp Mosses and transplant between pavers, then water […]
There are many moss myths going around, and we often get questions about moss myths that we like to clear up. The first one will be the ‘moss buttermilk myth’. After that, we explain on which side of a tree moss grows, followed by the question if moss causes allergies and if ticks like moss. […]
Readers Question Dear Moss And Stone Gardens, Ant hills are taking over my moss lawn…is there a safe way to remedy this problem? It seems to be breaking up the moss and leaving spotty areas of sand. It has taken several years to fill and I hate to see it destroyed with ant hills. So […]
The ever enthusiastic moss man, David Spain recently talked moss with gardening enthusiast, C.L. Fornari on Gardenline, It was mossome! Check it out. C.L.’s interview probed moss. David Spain is a passionate moss expert, pioneering moss cultivation, working to educate gardeners of the perils of wild harvesting of mosses and to, instead, help them develop sustainable propagation […]
The pairing of moss and maples melds together like moss on moist. This antique Japanese teak rice mortar, inspired David Spain to go with the placement of a Japanese maple, nestled deep in the mortar base. As David explains, When I found this 100+ year old teak mortar, I knew it was going to make […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As if butter and nutmeg were blended on stone, molded, then spread with lush, emerald green moss, this dish is worthy of a nosh. David Spain’s Mellow Yellow dish came about by the proverbial, cart before the horse, philosophy. Typically, David will let a piece of pottery move him to create moss landscapes as […]