ABC book continues…B isfor
B is for Bamboo
I love nature. I just couldn’t begin to name all the plants
I adore. On the other hand the
list of those, I’m not too crazy about is a bit shorter. It contains ones like poison ivy and
oak, and maybe the thorns on blackberry vines and roses, but at the top of the
list sits the seemingly unimpressive Bamboo. Why you ask?
First of all bamboo grows at an alarming rate, yes, science
fiction movie speed. I swear it
grows two feet every day until it reaches heights of 50 feet. Who needs magic beans when bamboo is around? Trying to reign in this science
experiment of the plant world is an exercise in futility. In fact my husband just spent his
entire vacation in an effort to tame the forest.
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| A few hours growth! |
No-- we didn’t plant it, a neighbor behind our property made
that mistake. You see bamboo sends out underground shoots that laugh at
fences. If you don’t have a pet
panda, planting bamboo will be a huge bamboo-boo. Unless of course, you are
starting a business making bamboo furniture, fishing poles or plant stakes, all
of which are great uses for the stuff.
So there’s the positive, however, I’m not planning that sort of thing so I
guess I will just continue to try and contain the stuff as best I can.
