Last spring, I finally got serious about fixing my deck situation. My neighbor’s yard sits slightly elevated above mine, and every time I tried to relax outside, I felt completely exposed. I wanted a bamboo planter box privacy screen deck…
My back patio had a problem I kept ignoring. After every rainstorm, the old indoor rug I’d dragged outside would stay soggy for days. It smelled. It grew mildew. Mud tracked in from the garden stuck to the fibers and…
If you’ve been looking for an honest bamboo charcoal air purifying bags review from someone who actually put them through real-world conditions — not just a bedroom closet — you’re in the right place. I grow bamboo commercially. I have…
The Pruning Saw I Use to Harvest Bamboo Poles Every Season…
After fifteen years of growing bamboo commercially, I still lose poles to cracking every single season. Not from bad harvesting. Not from poor timing. The culprit is almost always the drying phase — specifically, drying too fast or too unevenly….
The Cordless Hedge Trimmer I Use to Keep Bamboo Borders Under Control…
If you’ve never loaded a wheelbarrow with freshly cut bamboo culms, let me paint you a picture. Green bamboo is dense, awkward, and deceptively heavy. A single 20-foot Moso culm can weigh 15 to 25 pounds depending on age and…
If you’ve been reading this site for any length of time, you know I grow bamboo seriously. Fourteen species, a few commercial plots, and a steady stream of neighbours who’ve inherited someone else’s running bamboo nightmare. That last part alone…
How to Kill Bamboo Permanently: A Complete Removal Guide Here at TerraBamboo, we spend most of our time celebrating bamboo — its beauty, its versatility, and its remarkable growth. But we’re also realists. Sometimes bamboo ends up exactly where you don’t want it. Maybe you inherited a property with an aggressive running bamboo that’s swallowing … Read more
By the end of year two, I was ready to give up on the south grove entirely. I had planted a mixed stand of Phyllostachys aureosulcata and Phyllostachys nigra in what I thought was decent ground — slightly acidic, good…