Bamboo is an excellent material for home furniture and décor as it is a beautiful and environmentally frie… More
How to Grow Bamboo
Learn the History of Bamboo
Learn the Different Varieties of Bamboo
Understand Large Types of Bamboo
Understand Small Types of Bamboo
Utilize Lucky Bamboo in Your Home
Learn the Distinct Characteristics of Bamboo
Appreciate the Significance of Bamboo in Human History
How to Divide Bamboo
How to Plant Bamboo
How to Care for Bamboo
How to Control Bamboo Growth
Understand & Prevent Common Bamboo Diseases
How to Landscape With Bamboo
How to Save Bamboo After It Blooms
How to Care for Bamboo in the Winter & Cold Weather
How to Grow Bamboo Successfully
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Summary: Bamboo's long history is discussed in this free educational video series.
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"In this series, we're talking about bamboo. In this segment, we'll talk about the history of bamboo and where they're native. There's recoded history of bamboo being used as long as 7,000 years ago in China. It's been used for paper, housing, mats, flutes. Pretty much anything you can imagine it's been used for bamboo. In fact, the first letters were written were on bamboo in China, thousands of years ago. Bamboo has been used for paper, housing, flutes, pretty much anything you can imagine, as well as for food. The little chutes are used in all kind of salads and foods in more Asian countries. It's actually one of the major food sources in the world. Bamboo can be found anywhere in the world. There's only 2 places that you will never find bamboo naturally growing, and that's Australia, because it fell away from all the rest of the continents first. I guess bamboo never started in that continent. The artic and Antarctica. Pretty much anywhere else on the earth you will find native bamboos. Even in south Africa there's a bamboo that's native. Even in parts of Florida in the southeast Americas there are bamboo. Next, we'll talk about the different varieties of bamboo."
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