bamboo
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23230)
30 Dec 24
In many resorts in the East there are lovely bamboo plantations. They are planted to add the green cover. The bamboo trees grow tall and almost create a canopy. There is a lot of oxygen created by the presence of the bamboo...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 24
Single-use plastic takeaway dishes have been phased out in Western Australia and in the photo you can see what is being used instead of plastic.
I know some of the plates and containers that you can buy nowadays are made of...
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
27 Jul 23
Hello and hope everybody is doing well and recovered well from the covid pandemic!! I survived the pandemic, but almost didn't survive working in my grand, mother's backyard! I've been working in that yard three years now and...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 22
We have just received the box of toilet paper which you can see in the photo. It’s made from bamboo by a company called ‘Who Gives A Crap’.
The company was started by three young men, Simon, Jehan and Danny, who launched the...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23230)
24 May 22
Bamboo plantations are very popular in the countryside. In the countryside in West Bengal the agricultural lands are very fertile. Bamboo plantations are planted in many places. In many case dwarf bamboo plants are planted. They...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Nov 21
MyLotter SS (@moonandstars) commented recently about bamboo wind chimes and I was reminded of our short time in Thailand in 1996 when we took some schoolboys to a Karen village to install a clean water supply. Everything here was...
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
21 Sep 21
Hello all! Starting the day off with a taste of fruit and tea! And making plan B for completion of yard work! If you have bamboo , by all means catch it early, put weed killer down or vinegar. Stop the spread early. That is if...
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
27 May 21
Today's a rather busy day! In the yard working! Talk about hard work! But slowly but surely we are getting this insane bamboo down. Can't believe things got out of control like this!! Some workers find so many excuses why they...
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
11 Jul 20
Happy Sunday/Saturday everyone!
We had a 26 year old bamboo seat here. Due to its old age, some parts were broken and others were detached so I decided to totally dismantle the seat as the foundation is no longer sturday as it...
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@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
I saw on the net about a country who aimed to reduce air pollution by planting bamboos.
The people there had planted so many bamboos in vacant lands, and now they are already reaping the fruits of their labor. They can use the...
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 May 18
I was out of the house an hour ago. I got so excited with the thunder and flashes of lightning and I thought of the possibility of rain.
The nimbus clouds were moving fast. I thought it was windy up there and the clouds are blown...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Mar 18
Quite some years ago we went to Thailand on an organised school trip. We travelled well north past Chiang Mia almost to the Myanmar border. There we stayed in a Karen village for three weeks, helping to lay a water pipe to bring...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 18
MyLot member Fei Shao (@fei1125) wrote about bamboos recently. You can catch up here: http://www.mylot.com/post/3163087/do-you-know-bamboo-grows-very-fast. I was reminded of the many uses made of bamboo when we stayed in a Karen...
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
18 Dec 17
growing up, the only wind chimes here were made of metal tubes and hung on doorways.
then many years later, when my sister rented an apartment, she had a bamboo wind chime on the second floor veranda/balcony.
i don't know where...
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
1 Jun 17
When I was hiking with my colleagues and inspected some community projects, we were able to try zipping the water from the bamboo trunks. I thought it is not possible. I think if we are stranded in the forest, we can use bamboo in...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr 17
I posted a photo of a Thai Karen tribesman with his big knife. I thought you might like to see another photo of a building from the village.
This is a family's house. You can see trays of rice drying on the roof of the lean-to....
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