Right about this time of summer, many of us start to dread lawn maintenance. That got us thinking about this story from Science Friday on NPR about someone that shunned grass and took to growing moss instead…

Summertime doesn’t have to mean hours behind the lawn mower, at least for shade-dwellers. Forty years ago, David Benner, horticulturist and moss enthusiast, killed all the grass on his property and cultivated moss in its place. Benner has 25 different moss species growing in his garden near New Hope, Pa.

Watch a video about David Brenner here.