Moss - some experiences
- Subject: Moss - some experiences
- From: A* B*
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 13:46:16 +0200
I want to share a few experiences about moss. I use a lot moss in my garden
- maybe I have told you that before? I think it is a beautiful ground cover
... and the idea I picked from the wild nature out in our forests.
Feather moss:
I prefer to use one called feather moss - this one holds good and do not
easily fell into small pieces. Also a plus that the colour is some
yellow/bright green - the plus is that the other and darker green garden
plants do not compete with the moss in colour - if it was a very green moss
they would disapear more.
Winter protection:
I live in a rahter mild climate regarding winter frost - but this winter
was bad: the coldest feb/mars/april for 85 years - no snow and deep frost
and wind! I noticed when spring came that the places I had had time to
cover new beds with moss the very late planted (nov/dec) bulbs came very
nice, while in the beds open they had problems or died out!
Birds:
The trush birds were making a mess out of some of the looser kinds of moss
this winter (no snow) - they probably look for food there .. but not in the
feather the moss - that was some stronger.
I wonder if anyone else have the same experiences about birds and mosses
during winter time?
Arnhild - Hardanger in Norway
