How Do You Start A Moss Garden?
Many people try to eradicate moss from their yard, but others encourage moss and set aside special areas for the plush, low-growing plants. Here’s how to grow a moss garden. If you have a rotting stump in a shady spot in the yard, you have a natural starting point for a moss garden. Lacking that, look around for some shade. If the area is a bit damp, that’s good too. Moss may already be creeping up the sides of the old stump. To encourage what is there, use a spray bottle to mist the moss every few days. Moss likes a humid environment. Look around other areas of the yard to see if you can find more types of moss. You can move these to the area that you’ve chosen for your moss garden. Keep in mind that that moss grows on old wood, on soil and on stone. The mosses are particular about what they grow on. Don’t try to move a moss from a stone to a piece of wood or vice versa. Keep the moss in a clump when you move it and bring with it whatever it is clinging to. Press it down into its new
