I live in the Pacific Northwest and my lawn is being taken over by moss. It is a fairly large piece of my property, in the front of my house. I don't have kids or pets, so it is rarely walked on. I was dreading thinking of going through all the work to get grass back. Then I was reading a book by Ann Lovejoy who is a well known gardener out here. She talks about how grass is not natural out here. Moss is. She suggests ways to promote a lush mossy lawn - which include spraying it with a mixture of diluted buttermilk and a woodland compost tea. The mixture sounds easy enough. Has anyone does this - not necessarily the tea, but left moss to take over a lawn? The rest of my property lawncare and landscaping will keep me busier than I have time for. So I don't want to spend a lot of time trying to keep grass growing. I'm very new to this. I want to keep my property looking good. And I like the moss. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I looove moss! I can't answer any of your questions but just thought I'd put my two cents in! we've had brick patios that get a lot of moss on them and we love it. It usually dies out in the summer and then comes back in the winter.

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