Bamboo Invasion

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So, we have bamboo.  It came with the house.  It is definitely an effective screen between our yard and the neighbors on either side - that's the plus.  The negative is that it is trying to take over the yard.

We bought our house last winter.  One day in the spring we were shocked when we walked out in the yard and there were bamboo shoots all over the yard.  They literally sprang up overnight.  It looked like we were under attack from burrowing aliens that erupted from the ground in a coordinated attack.  It's seriously freaky.

The good news is that they're easily mown over, if you catch them while they're new and pliable. 

It's that time of year again.

Here's a bamboo shoot in the middle of my garden, next to the mustard. That bamboo shoot was not there yesterday, and it's already four inches tall. 


BambooShootWithMustard.jpgThat shoot would've been useful if it had sprung up where I planted the beans, but the mustard really doesn't need it.

Here's another bamboo shoot out in the yard. 

BambooShootInYard.jpgWhile weeding today, I realized that bamboo is just like wire grass, except several times larger.  It has segments above and below ground, and it sends up shoots with leaves on them.  Both are pains in the butt when they grow in your garden.

We're hoping that the bamboo makes good bean poles. Well, bean teepees, actually. Maybe we should've lashed the poles together with wire grass instead of string. Hmm ...


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