Bear~

HA






Panda bear



long day

A lot of varieties don't.

The sounds of Bamboo growing covered a lot of attacks...

If you destroy it after harvesting, you just release the carbon again.

Seriously though I read you.

Much easier to use than old tires. Far less processing required for use.

It's a good idea. I love bamboo.

... and it requires 1/3 as much water to grow.

In fact, there are 7 Reasons Bamboo is a better option than Cotton.

and they are naturally antibacterial.

For any given crop, there is an optimum amount of "stover" (cut stalks) which can be harvested and used without depleting the organic material in the soil. Harvest too much, and the soil is exhausted; harvest too little, and the excess justs rots, feeding aerobic bacteria and forming CO2. Somewhere in the "happy medium" range, a substantial amount of carbon taken up by the crop is sequestered in the soil as humus*. A few years of that, and you've got rich soil for growing just about any crop you want. Or you can speed up the process by controlled burning to produce terra preta.








*not hummus, regardless of what some people say.

In the dance/exercise room.

Last thing we need is another kudzu-style outbreak.

I'm going to be trialing some this spring here in southern Minnesota; it will have an underground barrier to control it: http://www.burntridgenursery.com/mobile/NUDA-SPREADING-BAMBOO-Phyllostachys-nuda/productinfo/NSBMNUD/