Tag Archives: gardening
Moss and ant mounds
Dear David, 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 … Continue reading
Moss Rocks!’s David Spain on GardenLine Radio with C.L. Fornari
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 in general, plus how Moss Rocks! came to be. David Spain is a passionate … Continue reading
Growing moss between stepping stones
Dear David, a.k.a. Moss Rock, How do I get moss to grow between the stepping stones. I have flagstone. I have shaded it from about 60% of the sun, watered it regularly and added sulfur to the soil. I get … Continue reading
Moss, maple, mortar
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 … Continue reading
Long, cool Moss Rocks!
Sitting alone along the windowsill, Moss Rocks!™ watches beauty all around her from the security of the indoors. No squirrel is likely to scratch her sporophytes today. The Toadstool color of this Cobble-sized Moss Rocks!, complements the honey color of … Continue reading
Moss Rocks! ROCKED the IGC Show in Chicago
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! … Continue reading
The truth about moss – dispelling moss myths
Moss misconceptions abound. Is it true a rolling stone gathers no moss? To better understand moss, I asked David Spain with Moss and Stone Gardens, Raleigh, NC, to enlighten us with the truth about mosses, dispelling many common moss … Continue reading
苔と一緒に家で — At home with moss
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 … Continue reading
Moss melts a hardened heart
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 … Continue reading
Undulating waves
Ends curl along the pottery’s edge, as if lapping the rise and fall of the ocean’s water, Marsha Owens Pottery provides a fluid vessel for moss to float. Mounting, moss species of acrocarps Dicranum scoparium, Campylopus introflexus and Luecobryum glaucum, mesh … Continue reading