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The bamboo plants create a lovely canopy

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 29 Nov

In many of the resorts of the countryside a lovely canopy is created by bamboo plants. Many owners paint the bamboo plants, so that they look attractive. The green cover add a lot of...

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Bamboo plantations are planted for green cover in resorts

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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No more takeaway plastic in our area

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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I Survived!!!!!

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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Have you heard of this brand of toilet paper?

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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Bamboo plantations in the countryside bring extra oxygen.

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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Bamboo cow bells

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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Catch Bamboo Early!!!

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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Yard Work Is Hard!!!

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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Do you eat with chopsticks ?

Kitycat @KityCat (7739) • India 12 Aug 20

I once ordered chopsticks a very long time ago and see if how people really eat with those , my first few tries where a fail but I slowly learn how to use it . Now I am thinking to order chopsticks again has its being a very...

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If you're to decide...?

[eds] @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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bamboo in my village

nawala @nawala123 (20871) • Indonesia 11 Jun 20

Bamboo trees are generally planted on the edge of a river or cliff to prevent landslides, because my village is in the highlands. bamboo trees will flourish easily, from 1 stem will become 1 clump in a few years, without...

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Planting Bamboos

@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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rainDROPS

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 7 Aug 18

It started to rain at around 3:30 in the afternoon. I was already alone; my sister went to the salon to have her hair cut and dyed. The rain is still going on but it was nice we did not have power outage. I went out and I...

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RAINmaker?

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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The massage that went wrong

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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Bamboo, bamboo everywhere

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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do you have bells or wind chimes?

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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“Will you survive using a bamboo in the forest?”

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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Bamboo, bamboo everywhere

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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