[MR] Bamboo resources in Atlantia

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 10:49:24AM -0500, TheWolfhou at aol.com wrote:
[snip]
> and  pennant poles. It will do for lashing into gates and such too. If you are 
> using  the fresh cut bamboo and poking it into the ground, poke the top end 
> into the  ground lest it be audacious enough and root. You don't want that! This 
> is not  the species of bamboo that is eaten or for fighting (ratan).
>  
The common bamboo being spoken of here does produce edible shoots.
Been there, eaten them. Left. Wait, strike that last. Wrong joke.

yours,
Herveus
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