Wednesday Vignette: Bent!
A rain/snow mix overnight made things pretty...
...unless you're a bamboo grower. A bamboo grower who likes upright plants that is, because this morning's word is "bent".
The heavy snow sure does open up the views!
I see a few cracked culms, but most of these will just spring back upright after the snow melts (later today).
I wish this made it easier to get at the dead culms in the center, which are most visible right now and still upright (with no leaves to collect snow).
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Wow - all of a sudden, you found yourself in this leafy cavern... The resiliency of bamboo is truly quite astounding!
I'm thinking...I wouldn't be surprised to see a panda bear walking out of the bamboo.
That's some impressive bending there! I had quite a few un-hardended culms snap off in the wind in December.
Pretty but hopefully the snow won't last!
Wow, bamboo is very flexible. All that snow does look very cold.
By 2 PM they were all upright again. As I thought a few broken culms, but it's time to thin the groves a little anyway.
I spy lots of Nimble Mill furniture out there in the cold and wet. Are you testing it?
Loree: My prototypes are out there. Most of them were not made using the final process, so it's not a true test (not completely sealed for instance). Basically they're out there because there's no other place for them, but interesting to see what happens.