Monthly Archives: July 2011
Moss trending
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 … Continue reading
Moss – watering techniques
Dear David, I had just about given up on growing moss until I started using bird netting to keep debris and animals out. One myth I’m still not sure about, is if tap water kills moss. Last year I … Continue reading
Bullish brown moss dish garden
Earthen browns splashed with creams, in a salt-fired stoneware container, looks like it would be at home in a barn of a brown bull. Feeling bullish myself from time to time, I think I would enjoy a brown bowl in … Continue reading
Moss – mosses for sun
Dear David, Can you advise me which moss prefers sunlight? I have a path and the 10 foot stitch of it that gets about 4 hrs of direct noon sunshine keeps dying out while the rest of the shaded path … Continue reading