"Number 54. The house with the bamboo door. Bamboo roof and bamboo walls, they've even got a bamboo floor" Andy Williams, what a classic. And yeah, we have made ourselves the House of Bamboo - certainly with the flooring, the foliage and now thanks to a Friday morning delivery, some actual plants. They were £35 each from a garden centre in Enfield, the black plant tubs were £65 each. £270 all up for what is now a massive improvement to our deck.
In addition to providing a bit of privacy and shade, we're hoping these will provide a slight barrier to prevent the girls from constantly flinging themselves over the fence to annoy the neighbours. We've had the bamboo for exactly four days and it's already looking a little dry and floppy despite two massive watering sessions. I am optimistic these plants will survive (£140 for replacements! They'd better survive!) - actually, I'm off to read up on how to look after bamboo right now...
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They are notoriously hard to keep topped up with water, ours died from exactly that. Good luck!
Hi
Just wanted to call your attention to an actual bamboo house - not just a door or cabinet or floors. These fully code-approved homes are built almost entirely out of structural bamboo. Bamboo Living is the first and still only company in the world offering hurricane resistant, earthquake proof fully certified homes built of treated bamboo. They look fantastic and start at $60 a sq ft. Prefabricated in Viet Nam and shipped to be erected anywhere in the world. Check them out at http://bambooliving.com/
What a great construction.
So the house is prefabricated / built in vietnam then shipped out and erected on site?
Similar construction to a Huff house from Germany
Love the bamboo. That's just what I need. Our ruddy neighbours have chopped down the elder again, just as it had grown back. How is it getting on?
Hey Georgie! Yup it's still alive, re-potted it into the planters as the roots looked cramped and have been watering it 3 times a week. So far, so good...
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