Moss

     Hi all,
     
     I have a problem with moss growing on my soil & I was wondering what 
     words of wisdom you guys could offer.  I think this is only a little 
     off topic as the moss I get seems pretty perrenial to me.  I spend 
     more time picking it off the surface of a west facing bed, than I do 
     weeding the normal things.
     
     I know I have a problem with drainage there, but that is not something 
     in my power to do much about, so accepting that, what can I do.  The 
     options need to be organic as this is the bed the frogs often frighten 
     the living daylights out of me in.  It gets sun upto mid-day for five 
     months of the year, down to very little at all in the winter and is 
     sheltered by the property boundary which is a six foot high wooden 
     fence.  Plants seem to do well here, and its well worked slightly 
     heavy soil down to about two spade depths, until the compaction takes 
     over.
     
     While I know hanging basket aficionados would love such a freely 
     available supply of stringy moss, I'd like less.  In really wet 
     winters, I occasionally see slime mould here too.
     
     Looking forward to your suggestions,
     
     
     Karen in Cheshire, UK

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