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I like the idea of buckets of organic "paints" which would consist of various seeds suspended in nutritious adhesive solutions.
Paint the outside of your house with the solution, and hey presto, a few months later your outside walls are covered with the natural greens, yellows and purples of various
mosses etc.
The seeds chosen would have to be shallow rooting to avoid damaging the walls onto which they were painted, and should not spread to other walls too aggressively.
The 'paints' could be mixed so that you had different colours for different seasons on different walls.
Fluid drilling
http://www.actahort.../books/72/72_10.htm
[angel, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
(?) Hydroseeding
http://www.arbor.sk...mages/hydroseed.jpg
[half, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Hydroseeding
http://www.hydrosee...ishydroseeding.html
"Hydoseeding is a blend of seed, wood fiber mulch, fertilizer and water. The slurry is mixed in a hydroseeder and sprayed through a fire hose..." [half, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
(??) The Grass Car
http://www.harrowti...the_honda_civic.php
...there are a few of these around... [bpilot, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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I like the idea of being able to age things quickly by growing moss and lichen on them quickly using a paint. Set builders will love this. |
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I'm giving this a moss covered croissant... I love it. [+] |
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I have seen on some gardening show a recipe for seeding moss on landscaping rocks. I think it used milk, but I didn't pay a lot of attention as it seemed to have little application where I live. Not much moss here in the desert. |
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Yes, it is easy to make moss paint, by using milk. Mix a handful of fresh moss with a cup of milk, blend until smooth. Paint it on any suitable surface and it will moss up within a couple of weeks, if the conditions are correct. |
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That's great! I'm going to see what I can moss... |
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Wait, does the moss have to be actively sporulating at the time of blendage? |
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What an awesome idea, would be great if it could grow something edible as a bonus. |
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Also works great with mold. + |
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four words: CHA-CHA-CHA-CHIA (chia pet, get it?) |
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So rotate the house once a day... |
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I'm ... off to moss my carport. |
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Olive, Lime, Saffron, Jade, White, Salmon pink, Rust, and Sulphur all show up as moss colours on the first two search pages when googling "coloured moss". It's a designer's paradise. |
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If you want lichens, I am told (never tried it) that taking a cow pat, mixing it into a bucket of water, then daubing it on new stonework, will make the wall look like it has been there centuries in just a few months. Who knows, maybe it would help with moss, too. |
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You want to try it and report back to us? |
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Does anyone know whether the seeds would be hardy enough to withstand an aerosol version? |
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Chocolate animals, furry handcuffs, elderberry cordial, iq tests for dogs and //Seeding areas with a mix of grass seed and hygroscopic gel// are all baked. None of them have much to do with this idea though. As far as I know, painting the exterior walls of your house in a choice of colours using moss seed is yet to be baked. |
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<aims at Zanzibar with a handful of Dr Curry's cowpat solution...> |
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If anybody needs me, I'll be out mowing my walls... + |
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I like this. Reminds me of a Hobbit hole. (+) |
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this is good for parade floats. Just paint within the lines 4 days before the event and park it in the sun. |
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