May 20, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening
Bamboo is like no other tree. Of course, that’s because bamboo is not a tree. Trees are solid, while grasses, including bamboo, are hollow. Trees grow larger in height and circumference every year, sometimes taking 50 years or more to reach full size. Individual...
May 17, 2024 | Bamboo Species, Worldwide
Based on the popularity of a couple previous blog posts, about Where Bamboo Comes From and 20 of the World’s Best Bamboo Gardens, we’ve been following up with a series of articles about fabulous bamboo destinations. As it happens, one of the best places on...
May 15, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening
Bamboo is a remarkable plant for a number of reasons. It is a grass, but it’s also something more than a grass. It’s famously renewable and sustainable. But sometimes it seems to be sustainable in the worst kind of way. You might even describe it as...
May 13, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
One of the most common reasons for planting bamboo is to create a windbreak or a privacy screen. Bamboo is ideally suited for this because of its impressive height and its dense foliage. We sometimes refer to it as a living fence. But for this purpose, some bamboo...
May 10, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening, Natural Healing
After everything bamboo has done for us, it’s only natural that you might want to do something for your bamboo in return. Besides watering it and giving it an occasional pruning, there’s probably nothing the bamboo appreciates more than a good mulching....
