Marcus Chen · August 25, 2026
Let me start with the thing most people don’t want to hear, because it will save you a weekend. If you just dug out or cut down a stand of bamboo and you’re standing next to a pile of green culms wondering what it’s worth, the honest answer is: as poles, close to nothing. Freshly … Read more
Marcus Chen · April 25, 2026
Three years into growing bamboo, I cut my first real harvest — about 40 poles of Phyllostachys vivax — stacked them against my barn, and had absolutely no idea what to do next. I’d read everything I could find online…
Marcus Chen · February 5, 2026
I want to tell you about the day I tried to dig up a small patch of bamboo in my backyard and ended up calling my neighbor at 9 PM covered in mud, holding a shovel I had somehow bent into an L-shape, and crying laughing. What started as a “quick Saturday project” turned into … Read more