Let me start by first laying it all out. You know I’m weird. I celebrate weird things like my birds returning to me after winter, my flowers who sing to me
and my kooky animal affections.
But I have to say, what I’m about to talk about is weird. But it has caught my eye and I can’t stop starring.
MOSS
Yes, moss. For those of you here with me in the Evergreen State, you can attest to the super mild winter we had. I mean super, super mild. Almost pre-spring since November. We had about 5 very frigid days, but for as long as I can remember, we have hung out in the high 30’s-40’s at night and 50’s during the day.
Lovely really, but very odd too. And our environment is reacting. Have you noticed the moss this year?
It is absolutely everywhere. Climbing on everything.
Burrowing into anything
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Almost every yard has large, obnoxious moss infested areas. Some are the pretty, soft, squishy, lime colored,
but other areas are downright ugly, invasive moss.
What do we do about it? You make the choice, love it or rid it and I Moss-Rid it. I am not a chemical type gal, but as I peered out my kitchen window, I saw no choice. SO I loaded my fertilizer cart and proceeded to abolish this moss that has destroyed my ever loving, barefoot calling backyard. How did it respond? With lines of black dead moss and lines of screamingly green moss. Somehow, my lines were off and my backyard had sort of a plaid design in it.
Alex said nothing. I knew what he was thinking. (Good man).
OK, I’ll try again. So I loaded that bad boy up again and hit it hard! There shall be no more moss within an 8 mile radius.
My mom tried to encourage me to just let it go. It’s a battle not worth fighting. Oh no! I have 3 boys and 2 dogs. I need grass. Thick, plush, cushion the fall, stain the knees, keep poop on the surface for easy scooping, green, green welcoming grass.
I’ll keep you posted, but in the meantime, look around and notice the green smeared all over the place.
It is quite interesting. (I know, I am weird) but I’ll betcha you’ll notice it now J
