Had help with cleanup

[roadapples 6,983]

Another tree fell just brushing the house. Only bent the spouting a little bit. I had other things to do so I didn't clean it up right away. Then the help came and 2 days later I had less to clean up...

[ebinmaine 67,445]

Nice o them to stop by! 

[roadapples 6,983]

Almost forgot, new dependent last week

[Pullstart 62,838]

Wow, helpful critters they are!  They normally do that just to the garden!

[roadapples 6,983]

A garden would be hopeless. That doe is right outside the kitchen window against the house. The fawn is about 50 feet from the house...

[WHX?? 48,815]

Same here 'Apples....less than a day old.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,547]

Is that Bamboo @roadapples? I have some… grows about a foot a day this time of year… 

Edited June 7, 2022 by SylvanLakeWH

[roadapples 6,983]

Yes, have some over 40 feet tall. It's literally a jungle in places...

 

The deer don't eat it. Gonna have to get a 🐼....

Edited June 7, 2022 by roadapples

[ebinmaine 67,445]

6 hours ago, roadapples said:

Yes, have some over 40 feet tall. It's literally a jungle in places...

 

The deer don't eat it. Gonna have to get a 🐼....

We want pics of that!! 

[WHX?? 48,815]

I didn't think bamboo grew in our northern climate. Do they lose their leaves in the fall? Did you plant it at one time?

I doubt it would grow on my sand hill.

[ebinmaine 67,445]

7 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I didn't think bamboo grew in our northern climate. Do they lose their leaves in the fall? Did you plant it at one time?

I doubt it would grow on my sand hill.

We have a very invasive high-speed growing plant here in the Northeast that looks like bamboo and grows like bamboo so we call it bamboo even though it isn't, technically, correct.

 

I think it may be illegal to plant it here in Maine now.  

[rjg854 11,361]

Happy to hear you escaped any major damage.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,547]

37 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I didn't think bamboo grew in our northern climate. Do they lose their leaves in the fall? Did you plant it at one time?

I doubt it would grow on my sand hill.

Yes it grows. Highly invasive. Keeps leaves but dies off over time and new shoots grow up. Plant one time and stand back… Ours is contained on all sides by concrete. Still get shoots 20’ away… great stuff though for screening, bamboo poles etc. just keep it contained…

[SylvanLakeWH 25,547]

45 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

We have a very invasive high-speed growing plant here in the Northeast that looks like bamboo and grows like bamboo so we call it bamboo even though it isn't, technically, correct.

 

I think it may be illegal to plant it here in Maine now.  

Japanese knotweed…

[Handy Don 12,215]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

We have a very invasive high-speed growing plant here in the Northeast that looks like bamboo and grows like bamboo so we call it bamboo even though it isn't, technically, correct.

 

I think it may be illegal to plant it here in Maine now.  

Also banned in NY, though many still think they can control it so they plant anyway.

[Jeff-C175 7,201]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Japanese knotweed…

 

Nasty stuff.  Had one sprout up a while ago and didn't know what it was.  It was somewhat attractive so I let it grow.  And go to seed.  BIG mistake!  For at least 5 years afterward the seeds were sprouting all over the place.

 

Decades ago a neighbor planted some 'bamboo', the variety that only gets maybe 4' tall.  VERY invasive!  It's a constant battle keeping it from coming into my yard.  And it's winning... all I can do is keep mowing it down.

 

"Kill it before it grows!"

 

 

Edited June 7, 2022 by Jeff-C175

[Maxwell-8 4,275]

41 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Also banned in NY, though many still think they can control it so they plant anyway.

 

2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Yes it grows. Highly invasive. Keeps leaves but dies off over time and new shoots grow up. Plant one time and stand back… Ours is contained on all sides by concrete. Still get shoots 20’ away… great stuff though for screening, bamboo poles etc. just keep it contained…

 

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

We have a very invasive high-speed growing plant here in the Northeast that looks like bamboo and grows like bamboo so we call it bamboo even though it isn't, technically, correct.

 

I think it may be illegal to plant it here in Maine now.  

We have it over here as well.

Our garden used to have a couple of square feet of it. Removed it with a excavator 15 years ago. Up until this day, we still get some twigs of bamboo finding their way through the soil.

[tunahead72 2,412]

27 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

..."Kill it before it grows!"

 

 

 

Nice! 

 

[c-series don 8,690]

It’s illegal to plant that in my town. Once planted it’s extremely difficult to eradicate it must be dug out with an excavator or backhoe like maxwell said. Even after it’s dug out nobody wants to take it because it will regrow wherever it’s dumped, even in a super hot compost pile that usually kills everything. 

[WHX?? 48,815]

I guess that shoots down my idea of growing some and making some Gilligan's Island cups.....

[ebinmaine 67,445]

28 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I guess that SHOOTS down my idea of growing some and making some Gilligan's Island cups.....

Shoots like bamboo shoots?

 

 

 

 

[JoeM 7,873]

One word "Jerky" 

Second word "Tenderloin"