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Avoid Transplant Shock
Transplant Shock
Is transplant shock is unavoidable? Not really! Transplant shock
can continue for years while unacceptable, is very common. Trees
that have had their roots cut during the transplanting must
reestablish an adequate root...
Courtyard Gardens – Planning Tips
With an increasing tendency for empty nesters, young couples and singles towards higher density inner city living, and the desire to spend minimal time on maintaining gardens or other outdoor spaces, most new apartments, townhouses and condominiums...
Fall: The Best Time to Plan Next Spring’s Landscape Project
(ARA) - Fall is the smartest time to plan next year’s landscaping project because you can save time, money and headaches. "By approaching your landscape contractor during the off-season, you can be sure to get their full attention while the...
How to Get Rid of Standing Water in Your Yard
You are welcome to use this article on your website or in your newsletter as long as you reprint it as is, including the contact information at the end. Website URLs must be active links. You are welcome to use this article with an affiliate link, ...
Wheelbarrow Buyers Guide
This guide has been written to help you make the right choice when buying a wheelbarrow in the UK. In the UK currently there are at least 30 different types of wheelbarrow, from the basic garden barrow to a sophisticated battery powered motorised...
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Garden Moss - How To Make Moss On Your Landscape Rocks and Garden Statues
Moss can make some garden elements and even entire shady gardens
look and feel aged and established. The trouble with garden moss
though, is that sometimes it may not even grow at all on its
own. And if it does, it could take a very long time to become
established.
Here's a way you can accelerate and establish a beautiful green
moss cover over your garden rocks and concrete features. This
method doesn't work well on resin statues and artificial
landscape rocks.
First stir a fist size clump of porcelain clay into 3 cups of
water to form a thin paste. You can usually get porcelain clay
from local hobby shops.
Then combine the clay mixture with one cup of undiluted fish
emulsion and one cup of fresh, shredded moss. Fish emulsion is a
plant fertilizer made from whole fish. It's usually available at
retail nurseries and garden centers.
Mix everything
together and paint it on your rocks and concrete
objects with a paint brush. Keep things in the garden slightly
moist by misting and taking care not to wash the mixture off.
Remember that moss grows naturally in patches, likes the North
side of objects, and takes readily to cracks and crevices.
Use this formula in shady gardens and in moist locations and you
can most probably have moss on your garden statues and landscape
rocks in a few weeks.
About the author:
Submitted by The Landscape Design Site which offers free
professional landscaping advice, tips, plans, and ideas to do it
yourselfers and homeowners. For more free landscaping and garden projects, visit his site
at http://www.the-l
andscape-design-site.com/
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