How To Make Your Own Moss Landscape Rock And Garden Statues
By Steve Boulden, Fri Dec 9th
Moss can make some garden elements and even entire shady gardenslook and feel aged and established. The trouble with garden mossthough, is that sometimes it may not even grow at all on itsown. And if it does, it could take a very long time to becomeestablished.
Here's a way you can accelerate and establish a beautiful greenmoss cover over your garden rocks and concrete features. Thismethod doesn't work well on resin statues and artificiallandscape rocks.
First stir a fist size clump of porcelain clay into 3 cups ofwater to form a thin paste. You can usually get porcelain clayfrom local hobby shops.
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Then combine the clay mixture with one cup of undiluted fishemulsion and one cup of fresh, shredded moss. Fish emulsion is aplant fertilizer made from whole fish. It's usually available atretail nurseries and garden centers.
Mix everything together and paint it on your rocks and concreteobjects with a paint brush. Keep things in the garden slightlymoist by misting and taking care not to wash the mixture off.
Remember that moss grows naturally in patches, likes the Northside of objects, and takes readily to cracks and crevices.
Use this formula in shady gardens and in moist locations and youcan most probably have moss on your garden statues and landscaperocks in a few weeks.
About the author:Written by Steve Boulden of The Landscape Design Site. For morefree landscaping and garden ideas, visit his siteat http://www.the-landscape-design-site.com
