Make your tabletop moss garden in 5 simple steps.
Add a little color to your table with this easy-to-do moss garden.
Begin drilling at a 45-degree angle to create a groove as a foothold, stabilizing the bit.
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Then slowly move the drill to a 90-degree angle and finish drilling.
Add a thin layer of pea gravel to assist in drainage.
Add Potting Mix and Accents
Add well-drainingpotting mixto just below the brim.
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Begin adding your “bones” of the dish garden.
Use a kitchen spoon to dig holes for vascular plants (such as baby ferns).
In this project, David Spain uses a rock and an ebony spleenwortfernfor structure.
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Lay it atop the potting mix and press down firmly.
Tuck in Edges
Use any tool to tuck in the edges of the moss.
Spain uses a bamboo skewer.
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Using tweezers or surgical clippers, remove any leaf debris.
The final design includes mosses Brachythecium rutabulum and Dicranum scoparium, reindeer moss (Cladonia spp.
), and ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron).
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