Tired of mowing the grass week after week? Perhaps it’s time to consider a moss lawn. Common in Japanese gardens, moss lawns are a low-maintenance alternative if conditions are right. Swapping ...

Moss thrives in damp, shaded areas with poor soil conditions where turfgrass struggles. Improving soil fertility, pH, drainage, and sunlight can help turfgrass out-compete moss. Moss is a native plant ...

CORVALLIS – After a typically moist winter, moss eagerly invades lawns and makes itself at home. The plush, low-lying plant doesn’t get many neutral reactions. People either love it or hate it.

If you take pride in your lush, green lawn, there is one ‘controversial’ natural plant that can ruin the overall look — moss.

Moss can be a real problem for lawns in October as it smothers grass and absorbs the water and sunlight it needs to store nutrients to survive winter, but there is a simple way to kill it ...