Cob: Bamboo

Fri Aug 29 13:29:59 CDT 2003

Cobbers,
Bamboo grows wild all over Tennessee, we call it wild cane here.   You can 
see it growing in big groves all along the road sides and interstates.   I 
believe that young bamboo is what was used to "cane" the young american boy who was 
spray painting cars or whatever he got caught doing in Thialand, or somewhere 
a few years ago.  To get a whippin with that stuff hurts like heck and you 
never forget it. (and never risk gettin it again)

I harvested some wild cane a few years back to stake straw bales together for 
a small building.  I let it sit around a few weeks before stripping off the 
limbs and by that time it was almost impossible .   That was some tough stuff.  
  I had to use an axe just to chop it down and it wasnt that big.  It must 
have been the wrong time of year to harvest, cause I finally thru it away, 
because I couldnt do a thing with it at that stage.  

bye for now,  janet,  high on the Cumberland Plateau, or wishing to be.
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Bamboo grows wild all over Tennessee, we call it wild cane here.   You can see it growing in big groves all along the road sides and interstates.   I believe that young bamboo is what was used to "cane" the young american boy who was spray painting cars or whatever he got caught doing in Thialand, or somewhere a few years ago.  To get a whippin with that stuff hurts like heck and you never forget it. (and never risk gettin it again)<BR>
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I harvested some wild cane a few years back to stake straw bales together for a small building.  I let it sit around a few weeks before stripping off the limbs and by that time it was almost impossible .   That was some tough stuff.    I had to use an axe just to chop it down and it wasnt that big.  It must have been the wrong time of year to harvest, cause I finally thru it away, because I couldnt do a thing with it at that stage.  <BR>
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bye for now,  janet,  high on the Cumberland Plateau, or wishing to be.</FONT></HTML>