#so bottom shelf of the plant box might become filled with moss in a few months

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Moss, moss, and oh look- more moss!

I've been wanting nice covers of moss for terrariums and such for ages, but the slew of paludarium videos I've been watching lately (someday I will have the space to make the orchid centric one I've been dreaming about for years) was apparently finally enough to get me moving on it. So about a week and a half ago, when a week of warmer weather had almost all the snow melted and the ground a muddy mess, I stuffed a bag in my pocket and tromped off to the woods to gather small bits from every flourishing moss patch I came across. Washed them off when I got home and laid them out in some reused containers, and tada 🎉 the start of as much moss as my little green heart could desire. Pic on the left is from then, and on the right is today- moss is thriving (even the two left containers which were set on the hydroponics amid slight worries it might be a bit much light) with lots of new growth and several spore pods. So decided to give it a trim (except the bits with pods) to both help fill in the empty holes and start a new box with some of the bits. Snap the lids back on and hopefully when I get back from my trip there will be even more happy moss, maybe enough to devote some of it to carpeting the green terrarium... 🤔