| Some gardeners hate it - other gardeners, like me, | | | | process and help establish a beautiful green carpet |
| cannot get enough of it. What am I talking about? | | | | over your garden rocks and concrete features. This |
| Moss. Moss is a simple little plant that does not have | | | | method will not work on plastic, fibreglass, or artificial |
| conventional roots, stems, or leaves. Moss is any | | | | landscape rocks. |
| species of the class 'Bryopsida' and is part of the | | | | *First, you will need to buy some porcelain clay from |
| division 'Bryophyta'. 'Bryophyta' means the first green | | | | a hobby shop. You can buy online at many hobby |
| land plants to develop during the evolutionary | | | | shops and that alleviates the need for shopping in |
| process. Moss is thought to have evolved from very | | | | crowded stores. One of the oldest established |
| primitive vascular plants. Dinosaurs may have | | | | porcelain manufacturers in Victoria is au I believe they |
| munched their way through tons of it and it has been | | | | have the finest clay. |
| used by gardeners in ancient cities to supply the | | | | *Secondly, you shall need a 250ml cup and a bowl, |
| backdrop to many beautiful gardens, perhaps even in | | | | and a paintbrush. |
| the 'Hanging Gardens of Babylon'. | | | | *Thirdly, you will need some fish emulsion plant |
| It is interesting that moss has not given rise to any | | | | fertilizer. You can get this at nurseries, supermarkets, |
| other kind of plant. | | | | and garden centres. And most importantly, one cup |
| Because moss does not have the traditional vascular | | | | of fresh finely shredded moss.(I have heaps of it and |
| structures of true leaves, stems, and roots, its | | | | like to cultivate it for just this type of project). When |
| growth is limited to moist locations. Moss is very | | | | you have the clay, stir a fist size piece into your bowl |
| hardy and grows almost anywhere, all over the world | | | | with 3 cups of water, and form a thin paste. Add |
| except under the sea and in the desert sands. Moss | | | | one cup of undiluted fish emulsion to the paste and |
| normally grows vertically and of little use to humans' | | | | then lastly, the shredded moss well. Mix and paint it |
| apart from the use in gardening. | | | | on your rocks and concrete objects with a |
| These are the ways that you can hurry up the | | | | paintbrush. |