Hostiles

Chris calls them "hostiles."
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 April 6

The life of our bulbs

Here's the life of our bulbs.
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April 6

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March 30 (You can see our neighbor cut down his grasses.)

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April 6

THEN look what happened!

Remember here where I planted some pots of herbs?
Well look what started happening a few days later:

THEN look what happened!

Moss another way

I had to weed along our walkway, which damaged some moss we had growing there. I replaced it as best I could with some moss from the park. I tried the method below, as well, but didn't take photos during the process.
Here, here, and here talks about the process, which I will outline here.

It's so super easy. Seriously.

1. Take a handful of moss, maybe even a little less than what you can hold in your hand.
2. Put it in a blender with a little water, some yogurt or milk or sour cream or beer or buttermilk, and blend.
3. Spread the mixture over the are on which you want moss to grow.

This is basically spreading the moss spores over the area where you want it.
Inspriation:

via here

via here

Moss from the park

Once the moss was ripped up from our walkway, I knew I wanted to replace it. Fortunately, I have seen a bunch on the various walks I go on on which I go with the Mr. and Lily.

Here I am, carrying it in the car ride back from the park. I had to sort of slouch so that my stomach could support the high pile and keep it from tipping over.

And here I am, getting ready to transplant it to our yard.

The Mr. helped because my hands were kinda full.

Basically, we just took the pieces that we had pulled up from the park, and laid them down in the empty spots along our walkway.

What I really like, is that there is a very clear difference between (what I think is) Irish Moss, and the more rustic "Forest Moss" (that is what I am calling it, anyway).
Here is the Irish Moss:

Here is the "Forest Moss":

Irish:

Forest:

Once I filled in as many spots as I could, I watered very well.

Then I went back over and softly stepped on the chunks to "adhere" them to the ground with mud.
Here's the sacrifice I endured for this project. Nothing a little detergent can't handle: