Free Groundcovers

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Here is a picture of some moss that grew along side my house by my hose . It was usually wet there so I had a lot to choose from . I don't know what kind it is but it seems to grow naturally on its own . Last fall I took some of it in @ 2" pieces and scooped it up with a trowel and put it where I wanted it . Now that winter seems to be getting ferther away and the weather is getting a little better I can go out back and work on the C.J. and M. . In this photo I took today you can see the moss has taken and is sending up short hair like shoots ! The stuff I am talking about is the real bright green , low plant right next to the tracks. The other stuff is a weed that I am leaving for now cuz it has small white flowers and the leaves aren't too big . We'll see how that works out . The great thing about the scenery here is it was free ! Has anyone else found plants or weeds around their property that they have kept and / or used on their railroad ?

[FJ and G]

can't beat the price! and it looks like the cat's meow too

[dwbeckett]

Be careful of the littel white flowers they may be burr's . I made that mistake one year and sixty percent of the yard ( pre-sod ) was covered in the littel devels.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Be thankfull, there small and eazly removable. My back yard is coated in these things.

which you can't remove and mowing is near imposible.

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Those look nice , how big are they ?