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Growing Bamboo: A complete how-to guide
The benefits of cultivating and using bamboo are almost endless, and you can read all about them in our article What's so great about bamboo? And even if you're not growing bamboo on an industrial scale, you can think of all sorts of reasons to plant it in your own...
8 Most dangerous bamboo varieties to beware of
When you tell your neighbors that you're thinking about planting some bamboo, you're liable to get a range of reactions. Maybe they'll share your enthusiasm for the legendary grass and tell you how much they love their bamboo linens. Or perhaps their face will turn as...
Bamboo and Oxygen: A breath of fresh air
Ask me why I love bamboo, and I'll ask you to find a comfortable place to sit. Because this could take a while. But somewhere, high on the list of appealing attributes, I would mention bamboo's superior ability to generate oxygen. And if you're familiar with the...
Growing bamboo in Colorado
Bamboo fever is sweeping the nation. From California to Cape Canaveral, from Connecticut to Colorado, people everywhere want to use and grow those great grasses. In California and Florida, the states of seemingly endless, golden sunshine, growing bamboo is a...
7 Most useful species of bamboo
Bamboo is universally recognized as a plant with thousands of uses. It's fast-growing, sustainable, strong, and versatile. For many centuries, people have used bamboo for food, for building, for furniture, for crafts, and endless applications. Bamboo is also famous...
Killing bamboo with bleach and gasoline
If killing bamboo with bleach and gasoline sounds to you like a bad idea, that's because it is. But sometimes bamboo can spread so aggressively that it will drive gardeners to the point of madness. Rather than going to the trouble of excavating a bamboo plant and...