Journaling is a great idea! @slhomestead is actually having an ongoing contest about that...

If you want, feel free to send plants our way if you’re lacking confidence about something specific and perhaps we can help :)

Oh and Usnea grows all over the place! Like most lichens, they grow in places that have good clean fresh air. You’ll find it in hardwood forests, on the edges of lakes, really in so many places. We found this bit this morning in Arkansas.