Tag Archives: Ken Gergle

Collecting Moss

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Readers Question Brown patches in a collected moss garden are usually a species problem, not a watering problem. Acrocarps want to dry out between waterings; pleurocarps want steady moisture. Plant them together on one schedule and half of it dies. Match a species to your site · live moss by the square foot Failing mosses […]

Earthworm castings on moss

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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 […]

Happy Mossgiving

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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 […]

Moss And Leaves

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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 […]

Moss, maple, mortar

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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 […]

Moss pH preference

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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? · […]

A couple of catchy moss caches – your new best friends

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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, […]

Making Moss Terrariums – Or Not…

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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 […]

Country Gardens Magazine photo shoot of moss dish gardens

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Making a moss dish garden? Cushion moss for the domed accents, sheet moss for the floor, mood moss on any stone. Sold from a quarter of a square foot, so a dish costs a few dollars of moss. See terrarium and dish garden moss     To be fair, I should have warned Country Gardens […]

Moss melts a hardened heart

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Haircap moss is the tallest species we carry. Upright stems, a miniature forest at close range, and the one to reach for on a slope or streambank that washes out. Sold by the square foot, and terrarium grade by the quarter. See haircap and the other shade species · live moss by the square foot […]