Meeting a Fellow Blogger in Person

On Saturday Chris and I ventured out to meet Sean of Bamboo Geek and his wife. They were having a bamboo sale, and since I was in the market for some bamboo, I figured what better time to talk to an expert and recycle my money within the regional community.

After telling Sean my requirements, (10-20 feet tall at most, clumping only, canes I can cut and use in the garden), he selected 'Alphonse Karr' for us, and gave us one of the best specimens he had in a container!

This is what it's expected to look like in a few years, hopefully...

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This should provide a nice screen in place of a misshapen Callery Pear that we plan to cut down this winter (we will be keeping and reusing many of the long branches as garden stakes and whatnot!).

It will also give our neighbors shade just as the Callery (Bradford) Pear does now.

It should cut down on the sound transmission between our houses, a benefit to each of us!

I'm really excited about this bamboo, and this is no small feat considering I used to despise bamboo. Little did I know that I didn't like running bamboo because of its propensity to spread rapidly (not a good thing in the land of the suburbs on 1/4 acre lots).

So thank you Sean for your knowledge and help in selecting the perfect bamboo for our application. And a double thanks for teaching me to like bamboo!