katsback
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: are you into moss? |
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i love working with moss. i had a nice old garden bed with boxwood,geraniums and lots of moss years ago,pretty little rocks,little sculptures of ancient gods in it etc,you get my drift.well today i was rubbing buttermilk on my fountain to get the mossy look on it,besides real moss i put on it, and the dog was licking it off as quick as i was putting it on,lol..and then ron tilled near the barn where my azealas are going, and i picked out all the grassy clumps,2 wheel barrels full.
got the rose tree planted and the other geraniums id purchased the other day,and the asters.
the wind today finally died down about 3 pm, and it got warm, i took off my boots and put on sandals and my hat.
i know we'll be carrying in alot this week when the temp goes down in the 20's!but i got to enjoy them some outside this weekend,including my cushions and pillows on the wicker, no rain for awhile maybe(keeping fingers crossed].getting back to the moss
are you a moss fan, i hear you either hate it or love it////
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eileen
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I love moss on old stones and wood but don't like patches of it in the lawn.
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cajunbelle
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I like moss, I didn't realize there were so many different kinds until I saw them at Lowes one day. When I get my fairy garden done I will build a levee around my fairy pond and cover it with moss. It will remind me of the Long Pond, a favorite childhood place.
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katsback
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i dont like it in the grass either eileen, but ill take it on rocks and concrete,lol..
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katsback
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cajun, how nice to have special memories of places from childhood,mine was the ocean,and im so far fromit now, i grew up in new.hampshire and was able to go to the ocean quite abit,i havent been there in years, i miss the salt marshes you'd smell before getting to the beach.
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glendann
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I have a couple of kinds of moss.I like it in hanging baskets.
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katsback
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oh glenda, ive never seen it in hanging baskets, like to see a pic of that!!
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I may have one in a little owl.I should have one in my basket from last Springs blog.I'll go look.If not I'll get picures tomorrow for you.
This is one of them in the center pot.
This the one in the owl. Its just a piece from the other one
I'll post a picture of the other one tomorrow.
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katsback
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dear garden ,they might, hmmm, i am like you, always think its the flat stuff, maybe theres other varieties,,
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GardenFanantic
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Kat, there are lots of types but even on a seach I haven't found any true moss taller than about 2 inches max and they don't have root systems much. They get their nutrients from the air amd rain mostly. Maybe I haven't been looking in the right places, if not please tell me where and I will check it out as I do love them. 
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katsback
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lol, those are glendas pics,i just have the moss on my fountain and around my bird bath as pics on very top show, hmmm, you better ask glenda on the other pics,
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GardenFanantic
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Hehehe, yeah I seen that but since you are very close to me thought maybe you knew something I didn't.
I am up on the Mo/IA line so we aren't very far apart.
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katsback
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lol, my next question to ask was where you were from in missouri,,im close to kansas city,,heck we could bump into each other in a garden shop one of these days, maybe we need garden pins to where that say 'im a gardenstew blogger"lol..p.s iowa is having a big antique show in walnut ,thinking of going ,its fathers day weekend i think,have you heard of it?
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GardenFanantic
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Nope but it's not that far away and I LOVE antiques just no money for them or my house would be FULL. 
I am just up I35 to Bethany then about 25 miles NE.
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