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Bamboo Chopsticks: Safe, natural and sustainable

Bamboo Chopsticks: Safe, natural and sustainable

Bamboo has played a starring role in Asian culture and cuisine for thousands of years. Perhaps this legacy is most evident in the use of bamboo chopsticks. Simple, elegant and functional, bamboo chopsticks are a true icon of the Far East. However, the majority of the...

Is bamboo invasive or just expansive?

Is bamboo invasive or just expansive?

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 relentless and...

10 More clumping bamboo species

10 More clumping bamboo species

Based on the flourishing popularity of our recent post on clumping bamboo species, we decided it would be a great idea to do a follow-up. Bamboo has something of a lousy reputation in a lot of gardening circles. However, as with most cases of prejudice, bamboo's...