Nov 3, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
As a bamboo lover, habitual traveler, and digital nomad, there are few things I enjoy more than a long journey to an exotic bamboo grove. Travel restrictions related to COVID have made these excursions pretty difficult of late, but not impossible. Last month I had the...
Oct 27, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Worldwide
A wonderland of verdant forests, fairy tale villages, and modern cities, Germany has almost everything the culturally curious tourist could ask for. But if it’s tropical beaches and warm sunshine you desire, then you’ll want to look elsewhere. Famously...
Aug 18, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living, Worldwide
Thailand’s friendly people, exquisite cuisine and idyllic beaches make it one of the most popular tourist destinations on earth. The tropical climate appeals to international travelers as well as a prolific diversity of native plant species. And like most of...
Jun 16, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, 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...
Jan 28, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Botanists classify bamboo as a subfamily of grasses, alongside corn, wheat, blue fescue and ordinary sod. But when you see a towering grove of bamboo, growing more than 100 feet tall, it’s hard to think of it as a grass. Of course, not all bamboo varieties get...