Category Archives: Moss Gardening

This has been a story, and I have been the hero of it

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

A decade or so ago, my wife said to me: you should have a blog. Blogging was becoming popular, and ‘new media,’ and its practitioners, were darlings of “old” media; some bloggers had book deals, even movies. I laughed and … Continue reading →

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The Moss Garden at Mid-Mitigation

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

We have been on this property for two and a half years–exactly halfway through the five-year Mitigation Period–and I began my ‘Do Over’ in the clearing in February of 2011.   Because of the naturally occurring native mosses here and there, … Continue reading →

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Lessons Were Learned, and…HEY! Wait a minute!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

My little quadrant of this sphere is slowly tilting back toward the sun, and there is now enough demi-daylight (and if my wife is reading this: I went to high school with Demi Daylight!) when I get home from work … Continue reading →

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A Requiem for Mr. Diggy

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Way back when I bought my Practice Home, twenty years ago, I went to my local highfalutin’ nurseries and asked the experts: what are some plants that can tolerate full sun, full shade, lots of water, but also drought conditions? … Continue reading →

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A Theme Emerges

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

The interior of my home feels like it is covered in a light film of percussively distributed sputum. Is it phlegm-uary already? Most of our Christmas decorations are piled on the dining room table, save for the Christmas tree, left … Continue reading →

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October, year over year…over year

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

All photos on the left taken by the Mitigation Planner, October 5, 2010.  Center photos taken by me October 8, 2011.  Photos on the right taken by me October 7, 2012.

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Replacement, Addition, Enhancement, Again

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

In my experience, the adaptive response of most common nursery plants, when excessively pruned, is to die.   In a previous life, my wife worked for a decade or so in the wholesale floral industry.  When she expressed an interest in … Continue reading →

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