winter bamboo

Bamboo Removal in Winter: Why My Timing Was Both Wrong and Accidentally Right

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Bamboo Removal in Winter: Why My Timing Was Both Wrong and Accidentally Right

I started my bamboo removal in winter because my neighbor’s dog kept using my yard as a bathroom, and I was convinced — completely, stubbornly convinced — that tearing out the bamboo hedge would somehow solve this. It would not. But what happened next accidentally taught me more about winter bamboo removal than any article … Read more

Growing Bamboo in Zone 5: Three Dead Plants Later, I Finally Succeeded

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Growing Bamboo in Zone 5: Three Dead Plants Later, I Finally Succeeded

The third plant was the one that almost broke me. I’d spent close to $200 on bamboo over two years, watched two clumping varieties turn to mush over winter, argued with my husband about whether I was “just throwing money into a hole,” and then stood in my backyard on a cold March morning staring … Read more