THat’s what Brenda said upon our asessment today of our bamboo situation. What you see here ladies and gentlemen - is the result of part of our Sunday afternoon. A 20 foot long pile of bamboo. Lovingly ripped and shredded from the beds in our backyard. That is about a quarter of all the bamboo in the back.
“Why remove the bamboo?” an unknowing soul might ask. Well - bamboo has this tendency to send up hundreds more shoots in places you didn’t want them. In addition - when placed too close to other trees - it will choke them out. We have found at least two trees - completely dead because of the mass of bamboo growing at the roots.
I understand why the previous owners planted it. They were trying to create additional bushy plant buffer - especially in the back of the property- which borders a school bus yard - oh the horrors of the bright yellow peeking through the trees). But bamboo is extremely detrimental to most other plant life around it. Not only that - but it’s really hard to kill once it’s in. You have to continually cut it down after it reaches at least two feet. So we’ll be dealing with this for a few years before it’s all gone. Moreover - it can shoot up into your neighbors’ yards - it doesn’t give a crap about a fence. We see some in our neighbor on one side - so we’ll need to talk to them about removing it from their yard too.
So hey - if you want any bamboo - come on over and I’ll dig some up for you. But don’t plant it outside. You will be sorry.
–*Rob
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