tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post2562948011560994066..comments2024-03-03T07:00:16.912-08:00Comments on LACRIME Di ROSPO: Takenokawa----that time of year againAndrew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02184272649874888854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-2313674653322890072015-05-17T20:33:47.725-07:002015-05-17T20:33:47.725-07:00Broken concrete slabs? That must be why a friend i...Broken concrete slabs? That must be why a friend is tentative about sharing hers and told me she's afraid I'll be mad at her in a couple years. It would go in a raised bed beside a path I mow, so I think it might work. I'd rather have a useful invasive plant than the honeysuckle and poison ivy I'm always pulling out of that spot. Thanks!starkeyarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592618979826567954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-58638467201716150282015-05-17T08:23:38.239-07:002015-05-17T08:23:38.239-07:00It depends on the variety. This one gets cut regul...It depends on the variety. This one gets cut regularly from the perimeter (for garden stakes, fencing, swordplay(kids), etc so the peripheral growth is contained by cutting. The kind we have in the US is terrible and has broken concrete slabs and crossed entire yards to come up in a third yard distant.......(but the bamboo I dug out of my yard in California showed me where there was a clay deposit, and with the clay I made adobe and then a pizza oven.....).Andrew Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184272649874888854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-90864012173610746352015-05-17T06:36:36.821-07:002015-05-17T06:36:36.821-07:00Wow. I've been thinking about adding a bamboo ...Wow. I've been thinking about adding a bamboo "screen" to my garden for the past couple years. I never thought about this added benefit!!! Others I know (who would gladly give me starts) complain about the invasiveness. Is it manageable?starkeyarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592618979826567954noreply@blogger.com