Green Plugs

So this past weekend, in addition to the little crawly plants in the back, we planted some moss in the front of the house. When I was at Lowe's picking up a second exterior lantern for the side of our house, I swung past the garden section. I came across these cheap pots of bright green moss.

Moss grows in the shade, like by the backyard fence. The front of our house is north-facing, so it's also very shady. My boss told me yesterday that people try to kill moss in their backyards in favor of grass, but we figured, where we have those hacked-up brown hastas in the front yard for half the year, we might as well have a year-round green growing something. Plus, we wouldn't mind if it overgrew the box and crawled down the concrete to the driveway.



In addition to the bright green plugs, we relocated some darker green moss from the backyard to the front. The iPhone doesn't do close-ups so well, but that's a patch of the darker green moss on the left.


We'll see how it does, and of course, we'll keep you updated.

It's supposed to be springy here today. Sunny, windy, high of 53.

PS
Check this out. Providence is being quietly re-branded. Fascinating!