Oct 14, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
We tend to associate bamboo with tropical jungles and warmer climates. But there’s actually an enormous variety of bamboo species, more than 1,200 in all, and many of them are native to more temperate latitudes and higher elevations. So even if you’re...
Jul 29, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening
Bamboo is a remarkable plant that is both attractive and useful. I like working and crafting with it because it’s strong and lightweight. And if you’ve ever sawed through a bamboo pole to make something as simple as a garden stake or a curtain rod, you...
Jun 20, 2019 | Agriculture & Gardening
Bamboo has many amazing characteristics. And the woody grass has a reputation for being the fastest-growing plant on earth. That reputation is well-deserved because some varieties of bamboo can grow more than a meter a day, under ideal circumstances. NOTE: This...
