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Sphagnum moss is a naturally occurring plant that can absorb about 20 times its weight in water. But the problem is that it’s very slow-growing and most of it is harvested from Tasmania’s wild ...

Ferns often die in summer as most people do not realise they cannot cope with the heat, but there is a simple way to keep ...

Scientists and students gather each summer at the remote Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station to study birds, bogs ...

Jar of crude Sphagnum as used by florists and nurseymen in packing plants. One of a series of specimens showing the use of sphagnum moss for surgical dressings as developed during World War I. This ...

Orchids flourish in humidity levels of 40-60%. Indoors, you can maintain these levels using a humidifier or by placing a ...

Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract ...

June, a friend and I strolled on the Lower Loop trail at Eaglecrest. Out in the meadows, we found the white flowers of ...

"Then in March, a group of 12 BMC volunteers planted 8,000 moss plugs in a single day, making a total over the last 2 years of 790,000 sphagnum moss plugs planted on the site by all the combined ...

Essentially, it is a stick wrapped in sphagnum moss used to support vining or trailing plants, mimicking the way they wind ...

Sixteen Welsh farm businesses are set to trial new ideas, with funding from Farming Connect’s “Try Out Fund”, aiming to ...