Moss

This spring a neighbour of mine, who is a landscaper said that I needed my lawn dethatched. I said OK and he and his crew dethatched my lawn. I noticed that the moss I had growing was all heaved up (upheaveled?). So, when I raked it, there were big brown dirt patches. My daughter asked why I had the moss removed, she loved it, nice and soft.
My question is, what is wrong with moss? After I raked it up, I regretted it, cause now I have more weeds where the moss was. Is moss bad for the lawn? Why did the landscaper say I had to get rid of all the moss?
I have a lot of shaded areas, as I love big trees and moss is growing everywhere.
What to do, what to do, what to do.
Thanks for your help.
AfrikanAnnieBee buzz, buzz

I don't think moss is really bad for lawns, but any place where moss is growing that well, your lawn is probably never going to do well because it's too shady. Moss and lawns thrive under pretty much opposite conditions so you're lawn's never going to grow well in a place where moss is happy.

Dethatching and moss really have nothing to do with each other, did the landscaper just tell you the lawn needed to be dethatched, or did he tell you the moss had to go? Unfortunately the process of dethatching is going to tear up moss if it was growing in the lawn, but it was probably a good thing in general for helping your grass stay healthy. You can probably buy some more moss and put it down in the dirt patches to get it growing again, sounds like you have the right conditions for it so it should grow back pretty easily. Or if you have patches of moss left in other places, you could take little pieces from there and put them in the dirt areas.

Thanks ecrane, actually he said I needed to have the lawn dethatched and I needed to get rid of the moss.
I like moss and since it doesn't seem to have any bad properties, I think I'll keep it. I don't have a very nice lawn anyway, hardly any grass, mostly green stuff that I don't even know what it is. Weeds I suppose. It's not important to me to have a nice manicured lawn.
So, thanks!

If you have shade and ample moisture, you will get moss.
To avoid moss, cut down the shade makers.

In this grand world of choices - we get to make them. We can't, though,have it all - at least not w/o great effort and expense. So - a shady lawn isn't easy to maintain if you live in moss country.

Personally, I like moss!! It doesn't need mowing either!

Gosh, if I cut down all the shade makers, I would have no trees left and that would break my heart! I love my trees, so I love moss too.
Keep the moss, less mowing. I like it!
Thanks!
Annie Bee