Are Your Asses Grass?

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Lillian Ledford and Gillian Gibson had similar questions. Tardigrades are water dwelling, eight legged, segmented micro-antibels. They're also called water bears or moss piglets. Don't mess with the shorter turf mosses. That's not where the tardy party is at. Nada Cephalopod asked about moss lawns replacing your lawn. How do you feel about that? My take on moss lawns is that if the mosses come to your lawn, help them become a moss lawn. But in most cases, it is very difficult and not sustainable to try to replace a grass lawn with a moss lawn because mosses will almost

It’s November and you need chill vibes. And Native American Heritage Month is the perfect time to encore this classic. World-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,” talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beautiful voice and prose. Also bathmats, lawns and smoothies made of moss? We discuss.

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Look for her books at independent bookstores or wherever books are sold (including Amazon): “Braiding Sweetgrass” and “Gathering Moss”

Donations went to the ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)