Bamboo - Versatile Tree-Like Grass for that Tropical Look
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Use Bamboo for that Tropical Look - Shoot, You Can Eat It, Too!
I hadn't really paid much attention to or was even much aware of the existence of bamboo while my family and I lived in New Mexico. But after our family moved to the Western Pacific island of Guam, I started noticing these majestic and interesting members of the grass family of plants all around the island. We had a large stand of these amazing plants right behind our home on the south end of the island. Sometimes I thought that I could hear it growing at night. Whatever, I definitely could see that it grows fast!
I came to enjoy the beauty of bamboo plants--and even enjoyed eating bamboo shoots at our local Chinese restaurants!
This Squidoo lens provides you with more information about these amazing plants.
Rice Paddies Shaded by Towering Stands of Bamboo, Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines
Bamboo - Versatile and Strong as a Building Material
Bamboo Store, Angeles City, Pampanga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines
Bamboo Decorations to Wear or Put Up!
Stand of Bamboo, Brannon Island, Central Valley Delta, California
Bamboo by the Bay.... eBay, That Is!
Bamboo Bungalow, Boracay Island, Aklan Province, Philippines
Bamboo by the Amazon? Yup... Read About it Here!
The Book of Bamboo: A Comprehensive Guide to This Remarkable Plant, Its Uses, and Its History by David Farrelly
Now available once again with a new preface by the more...0 points
Bamboo for Gardens by Ted Jordan Meredith
Bamboos are unfortunately too often kept out of gardens more...0 points
Building with Bamboo: A Handbook by Jules J.A. Janssen
This revised handbook brings together the practica more...0 points
How to Build with Bamboo: 19 Projects You Can do at Home by Jo Scheer
Bamboo is "green gold" of the future, wi more...0 points
Bamboo Style: Exteriors, Interiors, Details (Icons) (French and German Edition)
The many uses of beautiful bamboo Besides feeding more...0 points
Grow Your Own House: Simone Velez and Bamboo Architecture by Simon Velez, Jean Dethier, Klaus Steffens
Bamboo, which has been used as building material f more...0 points
New Bamboo: Bamboo architecture and design by Marcelo Villegas, Ximena Londono
Bambusa guadua, the tropical giant bamboo, is the most more...0 points
Building Bamboo Fences by Isao Yoshikawa
This book includes designs of traditional Japanese more...0 points
Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon by Paul Whittaker
Bamboos are extraordinary in the ability to transform more...0 points
The Craft & Art of Bamboo, Revised & Updated: 30 Eco-Friendly Projects to Make for Home & Garden by Carol Stangler
Beautiful, sustainable bamboo is one of the most popular more...0 points
Bamboo Wall, Blue Mango Lodge, Boracay Island, Aklan Province, Philippines
You Can See A Lot of Bamboo -- In and Around Tokyo, Japan
Or, you can enter your own travel plans for other places that have bamboo!
Use the great travel services of Orbitz! to book your your airline, your hotel, your rental car and other things such as tour packages.... You can see all the bamboo in the world (there's a lot of varieties!).
Interior of Bamboo Party Hut, Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines
Bamboo, Barrigada, Guam, U.S.A.
Interior of Bamboo Bungalow, Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines
Bamboo, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii
Decorative Bamboo, Carmel, California
Bamboo Supports in Tropical Home, Angeles, Philippines
Bamboo for Sale, Boracay Island, Aklan Province, Philippines
Bamboo scaffolding in construction project, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Grab Your Bamboo Pen and Make a Stand--Shoot Off a Note Here!
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goo2eyes
Sep 10, 2011 @ 4:21 pm | delete
- I LIKE TO EAT BAMBOO SHOOTS
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MaxReily
Feb 19, 2011 @ 8:27 pm | delete
- Very interesting lens. I love bamboo. My daughter and I would like to plant it around the backyard pool, but I don't think it would survive in Ohio. We are planning to surround it with a bamboo fence though, if summer ever comes.
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Tipi
Dec 29, 2010 @ 9:24 pm | delete
- I love how you have personal experience with bamboo! What a wonderful and versatile plant! A great renewable resource with unending uses! Always, well done! I love your personal pictures!
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rgasperson
Oct 3, 2010 @ 9:41 am | delete
- I want to grow some Clumping Bamboo in our yard for uses like trellises and Walking Sticks and other garden things. Thank you for writing this lens. I enjoyed it.
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d-artist Sep 8, 2010 @ 6:28 pm | delete
- Great lens! I love Bamboo...when we lived in California we had Heavenly Bamboo, the small stuff...my sis-in-laws backyard has bamboo from Hawaii, it's hard to control where it will grow.. it's also tall and looks like you're in a jungle...just beautiful
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Bamboo isn't just a tropical plant... it also grows in cold country!
Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon
Amazon Price: $26.34 (as of 05/28/2012)
This book has great illustrations and narrative that describes this amazing plant. It will make you drool over the bamboo (and not just over the bamboo shoots in your sweet-sour shrimp!).... with bamboo in your garden or yard, you can have that exotic look... if you do it right. This book will show you how!
Bamboo Building! Bamboo Architecture!
New Bamboo: Architecture and Design
Amazon Price: $210.91 (as of 05/28/2012)
This book shows how bamboo adds a unique and exotic look to architecture.... the illustrations and narrative are fantastic and will get you thinking of your environment in a whole new way!
You may have heard of the "Bamboo Curtain"... but this book is about Bamboo Fences!
Bamboo Fences
Amazon Price: $21.18 (as of 05/28/2012)
In Japan, using bamboo in fenses is an artform... and there are even names for the different styles of bamboo fenses that have developed over centuries of using this versatile building material. This book provides beautiful illustrations and narratives for the many styles that can be found in Japan-- giving you inspiration for your own yard and home. Enjoy!
