Unexpected Find!

Wow, things have gotten busy in the last few weeks! I have a top secret side project I have been working on, which I will hopefully be able to reveal in the next few weeks, that has taken up a lot of my thoughts and time.
We also took a climbing trip to Red River Gorge in Kentucky, which was such a beautiful and relaxing time.

This is Jonathan climbing, he is a little ridiculous!

Yes, he is upside down.

The rock was super featured, but pretty coarse.

And, this is me in my usual form, after a long day of climbing.

The major point of this trip being relevant to my blog is what I came across on our hike to the walls:

Moss! Glorious Moss!

It was everywhere, so I decided to pack some of it up and bring it home to grow for the terrarium centerpieces.

I called a woman at a nursery today to get a better idea of how to best keep the moss for the next 2 months. For one, she was thrilled about the centerpiece idea and had some great suggestions on how to maintain it. Also, she worked at a landscaping company, so she quoted me how much it would be for a role of sod to put down on each table for the base of the centerpieces. She told me for all of it, the cost would be no more than $20, total!

I went to home depot to grab the supplies to grow the moss and my total bill for the container, soil and water bottle came to a whopping $10.22.

I had previously investigated the cost of moss, but was disappointed to find that even a little bag to fill one terrarium was close to $10, and that moss would have been dormant, meaning I would have had to nurture it up to the status of regular growing moss.

I really lucked out with bringing the moss back, as long as I can keep it alive!

After researching the care of it, this will be a dedicated process everyday, so I am interested to see how I do. I'm afraid at the end of this process that if I succeed that I will grow too attached to the moss to see it go!

As a reminder, my centerpiece idea is putting a piece of sod down, then placing a terrarium of various sizes on each table with a few tea lights to go along with it. 

I am now on to the next step of figuring out what else to put in the terrariums. Moss is a big part, but I want to give them character. Any ideas?