Oct 12, 2022 | Bamboo Products, Eastern Philosophy
Man’s relationship with bamboo goes back many thousands of years. Bamboo has been a tool, a food and a building material. People have used bamboo to make weapons and even musical instruments. Over the course of our long and colorful history, bamboo and humanity...
Oct 3, 2022 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products
The idea of bamboo construction probably dates back as far as writing on stone tablets. But the most modern bamboo buildings look nothing like the rustic structures of the past, just as the tablets of Gilgamesh bear little resemblance to the tablets we now use to make...
Sep 28, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Accurately identifying a bamboo species can be one of the greatest challenges in the field of botany or gardening. Almost everyone can recognize bamboo when they see it, but not everyone realizes how many species there are to choose from. (Around 1,500.) And when you...
Sep 26, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Bamboo Species
Bamboo is huge. It grows like mad, faster than any plant on earth, and you can make almost anything with it. The demand for bamboo has never been greater. And we think that’s a good thing. Because in terms of sustainability, bamboo outstrips all the competition....
Sep 21, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
The more you learn about bamboo, the more you come to realize how little you know about bamboo. Like the game of chess, it doesn’t take long to get acquainted, but it can require a lifetime to master. And unlike the sprawling series of Star Wars films available...
