the moss room

i've been trying to clean up the yard at the cabin since we moved in a month ago, but it's an overwhelming task. it's pretty "natural" as my parents would call it, with lots of random and overgrown things throughout. the back yard is covered in weeds and much of the yard is shaded from the amazing redwoods we are lucky to own. i've spent several hours pulling weeds, knowing with each pull more weeds are to come. while i don't mind weeding, i don't want it to be an endless project every time i escape to the cabin. enter the moss lawn. david benner had a similar problem in his huge yard and decided to experiment with moss. grass hates acid so he covered it with a combination sulfur dust and ammonium sulphate, and a year later the grass was gone and his yard was covered in moss! with the abundance of shade up at the cabin i think this could work. no mowing, no watering, no fertilizing, but a beautiful green lawn! we've already got moss around the yard, so it's just a matter of letting the spores spread with he help of acid and mother nature.