Bamboo

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GCWein1111

Saturday, December 08, 2001 4:04 PM

Re: Re: ZEN GARDEN PHOTOS

 

 

In a message dated 12/8/01 10:59:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,

glee writes:

 

<< Oh Jerry, how beautiful this all is..and so authentic.

Thank you for sharing the pictures! We love Zen gardens so much we are

attempting to make one too.

 

We have started with digging a pond this past summer, which remains a large

hole in the ground for the winter. Can you tell us where you located the

bamboo for your fence, and what kind of live bamboo you are growing? We have

a similar climate here. Actually, there are two kinds of bamboo down the road

from us, one abandoned. Have you learned of any way to propagate or

transplant it? Perhaps a book you have found helpful would be better than me

pestering you with many questions.

 

Love,

Gloria >>

 

Thank you, Glo! You know, l decided not to really say much about the

garden at the website, at least not in the beginning, cause l wanted to focus

mostly on the photos, but your asking about the bamboo reminds me of how much

one can say about the various parts.

 

Now, l'm not sure l understand your question about where

l located the bamboo for the fence. Could you say a little more about that?

 

------Ok, as in photo #2, some others too, the fence itself looks like it is

made from bamboo, in what looks like the front yard. It's also around the house

in photo 8. The reason for asking about this first, is that we can't even begin

to arrange rocks and plants around the pond until it is done. We need a

background, like a fence, or just to start growing the bamboo, to cover the

already existing wire strand fence between our woods and the quarry land. That

we could start sooner.

 

You might want to put your original Zen garden story from the HS magazine on

your website.

 

Love,

Gloria

 

 

 

 

 

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In a message dated 12/8/01 5:51:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, glee

writes:

 

<< Now, l'm not sure l understand your question about where

l located the bamboo for the fence. Could you say a little more about that?

 

------Ok, as in photo #2, some others too, the fence itself looks like it is

made from bamboo, in what looks like the front yard. It's also around the

house in photo 8. The reason for asking about this first, is that we can't

even begin to arrange rocks and plants around the pond until it is done. We

need a background, like a fence, or just to start growing the bamboo, to

cover the already existing wire strand fence between our woods and the quarry

land. That we could start sooner.

>>

 

Hi Gloria,

l think l misread your question. l first thought you wanted to know

about my locating the groove of bamboo l planted next to the fence, but my

impression now is that you want to know where l got the bamboo for the fence,

correct? l put up my bamboo fence in two phases -- in each case l had it

made in Georgia in panels, then shipped up here, then l had a guy help me

install it.

lt's hard to get bamboo fencing

made, but if you're looking for bamboo canes for fence-making, the outfit in

Georgia (Georgia is the center for bamboo in eastern US) l used is BIG

BAMBOO. phone number is 912-272-8544. l must warn you that the price of

canes has increased markedly in recent years. l purchased 40 for a section we

made ourselves this year, and it cost me $7 per cane. Typical cane diameter

for the type of fence l have is 2 inches per cane, which is thicker than is

usually grown in northern climates. Figuring on a 2 inch diameter and knowing

how much fence you need, you can compute the cost in canes.

 

lt's not real clear, but if you look behind the red

Japanese maple in photo 11 you can see part of the fence section we made.

You'll note that the canes are about 5 inches apart, which is much wider

spacing than the bamboo fencing in front and which requires far less canes

and is cheaper and easier to make. But obviously it doesn't provide a full

screen if that's what you want.

Hard to

comment on the decision between putting up a fence versus growing a natural

barrier. Depends on the nature of the site and the usage. Certainly a natural

barrier of bamboo would be alot cheaper than a fence. lf you want to grow it,

l suspect that yellow groove bamboo is your best bet, which someone in your

area should be able to sell you.

 

Hope this helps. Don't hesitate to follow up if you need to.

 

love,

jerry