The call I dread most comes in spring. A neighbour — usually a new homeowner — rings to tell me their yard is being eaten alive by bamboo. Last April it was a woman two streets over who discovered running…
Mississippi has one of the most favorable climates for bamboo in North America — hot summers, mild winters across the southern half of the state, and the kind of humidity that makes bamboo genuinely thrive. If you’ve been wondering whether growing bamboo in Mississippi is a realistic option for your yard or property, the short … Read more
I watched fifty dollars worth of bamboo turn yellow, then brown, then completely dead — and I had no one to blame but myself. I thought transplanting bamboo was just like moving any other plant: dig it up, plop it in a new hole, water it, done. I was spectacularly wrong. That failure sent me … Read more