"The work of moss gardening has an elitist quality that I must admit I find appealing. Every John and Jane grows grass. Only Nature's chosen grow moss."
- George Schenk, author of "Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures"
I'm infatuated with moss lately, and having stumbled across this quote at Each Little World blog, I am amused that this apparently makes me elitist. And among Nature's chosen!
I've started removing grass in some already mossy patches of our yard, mainly around trees where the roots make it difficult or impossible to mow. There's something very Zen about both the process and the result.
I've also collected some mosses to try to grow in a shallow dish indoors... sort of like a bonsai garden. Er, without any trees. Just the moss. Hard to tell if any of them are actually growing, though.
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Stephen (my English ex) always wanted to get into mosses (particularly lower plant systematics and ID) because he somehow felt that people who were so enthralled to spend there winters at a scope IDing mosses would not be troubled with thoughts of women. Moss passion, in his view at least, is all consuming.
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What a cool idea. I am looking forward to hearing about the results of you moss gardening.
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