Re: Help for a new gardener
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- Subject: Re: Help for a new gardener
- From: L* R*
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 09:03:44 -0600
Laury,
My sister-in-law had an entire front lawn of bamboo, had it removed, and
they then landscaped it with grass, beds, trees, stone pathways, you name
it. They did that in the spring, with a back hoe that went down about a
foot or two. And the pesky stuff hasn't come back. They were pretty quick
about covering over the dirt with new landscaping though - maybe that was
the secret. It's now three years later, and she tells me today that a
couple shoots came up through the gravel walkway, she pulled them out and
that was the end of that.
Lorraine
White Rock, B.C. Canada
Zone 8
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> From: Leotah@aol.com
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Help for a new gardener
> Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 5:44 PM
>
> I'm new to gardening this year, having just bought a country house with a
> good-sized yard. Unfortunately, the previous owner did not take care of
the
> garden, and I found by the end of August that we were overrun with native
> bamboo, which we had to have removed. Now we have about 7000 sq ft in
one
> area where the bamboo has been removed, and I need some advice for
planting it
> next spring.
>
> Since I don't know precisely what the light is (the area extends back
through
> pine trees, and there are some deciduous trees as well) and since I've
been
> told that bamboo can come back, I'm reluctant to invest in a lot of
perennials
> for next year. Whatever advice people on this helpful list may have will
be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Laury Epstein in southeast Massachusetts, zone 5
>
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