Here's a website for bamboo lovers!!!

I have known about this site for some time now.
Although I just joined yesterday.
Lots of cool art work.
Tips on growing, buying, working with, Inluding bending bamboo.
Plus TONS more.
So all you bamboo lovers check out this site.

And what's a tiki bar without at least SOME bamboo!!!
http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums/index.php

Thank you, Carole Meckes (of Bamboo Forums)

Tikiskip

WOW!!!

Cool stuff. 8)

Thanks for the tip skip!!

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff

... nice. Thanks for sharing. I have some bamboo in the shed to play with...

Ok here's one more.
People ask how I learn how to do what I do.
These two sites are a great start!

http://www.americanbamboo.org/

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2009-01-15 20:04 ]

"When I harvest, I try to pay close attention to the best time of the year and optimum phase of growth in regard to when harvest should take place. There are numerous books and articles you can refer to in this regard. I also highly recommend that you choose culms of maturity — meaning culms that are 3-7 years of age. Younger culms have not established the lignin and cellulose in the cell structure for greatest strength and the older culms tend to be brittle and structurally unpredictable. Dead culms are generally junk and better composted"

I could not have said it better myself.

Just got my first issue of Bamboo mag.
You get this magazine when you become a member of
The American Bamboo Society.
Membership is $50..00 dollars a year.
Six issues come with one year membership.