http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo how to kill bamboo Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:52:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow it's May 18th already.... Still no new signs of rhizomes emerging from the ground. It makes me wonder if I haven't been watering the bamboo enough ? http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2006/may-2006/ The Rhizomes came early this year. Late April...  Finally, I've got the sprinkler system and grass in now. It took a couple years to get this far... mainly because money and I've done most of the work myself. http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2005/june/ 2004 was a fun year for the backyard bamboo project. Still no grass yet and my underground sprinkler system is still a pipe dream. It's July now and to late for that project as the heat is un full effect and the ground is as hard as a rock. Oh ... http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2004/july/ After I finally removed the God for saken apple trees out of the backyard, I managed to flatten the whole thing out. The whole endeavor took about 3 months. All of the rocks you see in the picture to the upper right I pulled out of the back, one at ... http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2003/august/ Another method is to dig a trench around the bamboo and leave it open. You can inspect the trench regularly and cut any underground rhizomes trying to cross over. Other people have used this method but filled the trench with gravel or mulch. Then each fall a shovel is thrust ... http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2002/overgrown-bamboo/ When I first started researching bamboo I searched for bamboo gardens in google and found out one of the best bamboo nurseries in the United States is right here in my local hometown Portland Oregon. http://www.bamboogarden.com/ http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2002/bamboo-garden/ In the Spring of 2002 I started a mission in my backyard. The mission was to replace the old run down forgoten hedge and apple trees with a new lush enviroment. No more summers with apples and hornets dominating my lawn. Little did I know I wasn't going to have ... http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2002/may/ Bamboo Searches done in April 2006 Count Search Term  49562  bamboo  20309  bamboo flooring  15073  bamboo blinds  10068  bamboo plant  6646  bamboo fly rods  5602  lucky bamboo  4529  bamboo floor  4208  bamboo fence  3965  bamboo furniture  3901  bamboo fencing  3587  lucky bamboo plant  3580  bamboo curtain  3400  bamboo shades  2806  bamboo rug  2579  bamboo pole  2197  bamboo club  2008  bamboo room  1963  bamboo garden  1643  bamboo wind chime  1592  bamboo fly ... http://www.gregsbamboo.com/bamboo/2002/bamboo/