Homestead mailing list

[sanrico AT highdesert.com]

Sure sounds like spreading, alright! I've always been fascinated by the uses 
of
bamboo, and have seen a number of very informative programs on 
home-and-garden TV
and in magazine articles where it's used not only for fencing (what's new?) 
but
also for flooring, countertops...all kinds of things! And then there's the
well-worn - and much appreciated - back scratcher I keep in the drawer of my 
desk!
Out here in the mid-Mojave, where the residences (abandoned and occupied) are 
few
and far between, there is always the inevitable stand of dried-out,
dead-as-a-doornail bamboo, planted years ago as a windbreak, shade, or 
whatever.
Did they think it would live without any water at all?
I love the photos of the bamboo 'forests', lush and green and reaching to the
sky. I suppose I should plant some, just in case a stray panda or two wanders 
by!
I'm going to be very interested in following this thread - not using what's
freely (accent on the 'free') available to you as building material would be a
shame.
Has anyone seen the new black one? Looks like jewelry. And it could be, for 
$95 a
pop!
Sandy

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:20:42 -0400, EarthNSky wrote:

> 
> Oh my, I guess Ron is right, I AM getting Alzheimers.\
> It's been an ongoing project, and I am ready to stand up the timbers now 
> and thought I would check....<sigh>  I think it should be okay...I have 
> searched online and while I haven't found a specific reference for what 
> I want to do, it seems that after a month or more of being cut, that the 
> likelihood of anything rooting in moist soil would be close to zip, but 
> stranger things have happened.
> I'm pretty sure this is spreading...Robbie planted a 3 gallon pot of it 
> 15 years ago off her garage and now it is spreading down the hill 
> towards my place....it currently covers an area about 40x50, and it's 
> been cut back a couple of times...I have full harvest 
> priveleges<g>...nothing better than bamboo on someone's else's property 
> that you can harvest at any time.  Some of the canes are huge, too.  Lee 
> and a couple of her friends came up years ago and got some...Remember 
> that Lee??  Are you still alive out there?
> 
> Bev
> 
> sanrico AT highdesert.com wrote:
> > Bev - I remember you asking this question a couple of weeks ago, but I 
> > haven't
> > seen any responses. Hopefully there will be some this time - I'm waiting, 
> > too!
> > There's spreading bamboo and there's clumping bamboo - you'll probably 
> > need to
> > know which kind it is.
> > Sandy
> 
> -- 
> Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the 
> ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Homestead list and subscription:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead
> Change your homestead list member options:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/sanrico%40highdesert.com
> View the archives at:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead
> 

___________________________________________
Get free email at http://www.highdesert.com