Bamboo: The King of Permaculture Plants

[@BradGryphonn]

Absolutely! The place where I'd like to die (my favourite place in the world) has a big stand of bamboo that hasn't been touched in over 30 years and it grows beside a creek as well. It's a special plant, bamboo. Like coconut palms and Mulberry trees (and other plants of course).

[@harrytinker2328]

I have a decent sized and well-established stand of bamboo here in southern Pennsylvania. Yours has much more girth than mine at the base of the chute, being tropical. The stuff is green all year round here and provides a nice visual block. Now, thanks to you, I have a song to play in my head as I work with the stuff. One use that I have found is that when dried it makes great fire kindling.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I have the standard clumping kind here in Florida. Great neighbor separator, great wind break, especially for hurricanes. I can cut off a piece, shove it in the ground and grow another clump. I played around with bending pieces with a small hibachi. Fun. Yours is huge.

[@millermdiehl]

You are hysterical! I just love your songs.

[@pcharliep61]

Hello David, my wife and I really enjoy watching your channel. One more use of that bamboo if to cook in . I have had rice cooked in Bamboo and it has a very nice flavour.

[@davidthegood]

Great idea - thank you.

[@jt0mi]

My word!!! Watching you try to get your saw out of the bamboo was quite anxiety inducing!! All I could think about was the incident with your hand.... You know the one -- when you tried to graft a Mulberry branch directly to your finger? Hehe -- good times, good times. 😜 Nothing better than waking up to a new David The Good video to start my day off right! Thank you!!!

[@davidtheiss7108]

@ 10:25 Tobacco pipe, eh? Sure... :) lol. You can make a few 5 foot bongs with that bamboo.

[@phangz8394]

U didn't mention it's also edible too.

[@suehinson1629]

I guess that makes me "not so normal" kinda gal. I planted, unknowingly, the running variety as a living fence between me and my neighbor, and it's doing an awesome job at the "living" part not so much at the "fence" part! Or at least in my opinion I don't think anyone in their right mind would build a fence that goes in SO MANY different directions on purpose!! Lol.

[@BradGryphonn]

7:40 I just had my 'learn something new' moment for the day. I never knew they were part of that family. How cool.

[@rainbowstu314]

I grow some in a 5 gallon bucket and it's worth having around. Great video.

[@nutequest]

Love the biscuit song. Great video as always

[@TheBarefootedGardener]

Maybe a good clumper for you is Bambusa guangxiensis (Chinese Dwarf Bamboo) I contain my running my running bamboo by rhizome pruning 2 or 3 times, once after the shoots leaf out in early August and again right before winter hits in November. I plan to make an update video next summer. You’re so lucky there’s not really a winter in Florida!!

[@starryeyedwish8005]

Hey David, what are the lyrics to the biscuit song? my husband and i sing it all day, we may as well know the right words.👍👍

[@ManMtn7]

I won't be content until I know the lyrics. Lol

[@youtuudodo]

I saw on another KZbin channel that a person hollowed the bamboo out and use it for irrigation. Bringing water from the river to their land. I wonder if that would be worthwhile?

[@c.j.rogers2422]

Bamboo fascinates me. I'd love to plant several varieties on the borders of my 5ac as screens, but it's expensive and rented property.

[@BradGryphonn]

4:45 Cups, water channels, walls, scaffolding, fish traps, planter pots....man, so much stuff can be made from bamboo! EDIT: Okay, sorry. I jumped the gun. I'm a bamboo tragic. I love the stuff.

[@luckychicav7981]

How interesting I've never seen bamboo that tall, Beautiful!

[@baddriversofcolga]

Wow, I didn't realize how large bamboo could get. Fancy.

[@808Kalaoa420]

Keep on keeping on. Aloha

[@mindy779]

Hamsters on crack? Lol now that was funny. Needed that this morning. Too cold in Florida 😞 today. Love the battle of the bamboo too. 👍

[@howlongohlord8358]

I have Japanese timber bamboo, a runner. I control it by mowing, but it has a definite eye toward my elevated septic system. Yikes.

[@SkotColacicco]

Little moments of Zen!!!!

[@alisonbender8611]

Yes, running bamboo is lethal when it starts shooting up from the ground, I always thought impalement if I should trip and fall

[@richardhawkins2248]

The slow motion pan does help those who've never been there understand how that feels. Mine only gets to be about forty or fifty feet tall. Unfortunately mine isn't clumping it's everywhere. Good thing it tastes good. I've found that it's amazing for biochar.

[@davidthegood]

I have thought about making it into biochar - it's really prolific, and there are always canes falling out of the clumps which could be used.

[@staceyatcrazycrowfarm7373]

My hubby walked by and asked me " wtf are you watching"? Lol. Doesn't he know good stuff when he sees it?! Good job today😉

[@HoofInDenver]

Glad to hear the hip hop is back. It’s been a while.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

There used to be huge swaths of bamboo from the east coast to the great plains, as far north as Illinois, everywhere there was a readily available water source. Commonly called 'river cane', the native N. American bamboo (Aurundinaria gigantea) has actually become threatened in some states due to settlers removing it. The piece that you harvested is one of the timber varieties, but I'm not sure if it is indigenous, or if it is an import that has nativized - likely the latter. In any case, if one were inclined to plant A. gigantea, or any running variety of bamboo, install a rhizome barrier to prevent it from spreading into areas where it is not wanted. Have a plan for keeping it watered in a grid-down situation; healthy and robust cane provides tools, shelter, and food - all the things that a survival gardener wants!

[@littleozarksfarmstead]

The best way to start a day 😋 IT'S DAVID 👍😲 & sharp tools. Love the South-of-N. America vlogs 💟 and can you put me on the waiting list for the BambooZa album release?

[@mrchriswin]

Dick Van Dyke also sang of the benefits of this plant when he sang "Me Ol' Bam-Boo" in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[@BlakesNaturelife]

Good video! Really liked the song 👏

[@reneebrown5598]

WOW. I would love to have a large clump of the large bamboo for building and a smaller clump of edible bamboo. I love bamboo shoots in stir fry.

[@reneebrown5598]

The clumping variety is awesome. You can build almost anything with bamboo. Including drip irrigation. I've watched a lot of videos on it. But I'm still wondering if you have to have a corm or can you lay a live stick in the ground and sprout it like you would sugar cane? Hummmm

[@davidthegood]

I have heard you can root some types that way. Haven't tried it.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

The bamboo they grow in Japan and north Asia are very hearty in snow.

[@swapdaddy9754]

Looks like gaudua angustifolia remember I asked you about bamboo during your live feed a couple of weeks ago enjoy your channel

[@loves2spin2]

You have BAMBOO??? That is wonderful! Perhaps you could use it to build your house.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Wow it's giant. I'm gonna be singing the bamboo song all day now

[@colleenrodamer6230]

Omg I love bamboo wish it where here in Texas want it on my property

[@ourselfreliantlife]

Bamboo is great. You have to make sure it doesn't get out of control, but so many uses.😀

[@johnstonj92]

lol im in zone 4b ontario i mabey could grow jingzhua 2 or p bissetti mabeyyy...i wish i could grow it they all make very bacteria rich soils. If you put some organic rice in a hosier and burie it in a bamboo patch then dig it up a month later you could make some good bacteria culture slurry for youre garden.

[@hilarylonsdale608]

I was wondering if that one had you bamboozled for a minute there.

[@alisonbender8611]

But I do like the clumping type you have there

[@deanthornby2026]

Nice music !

[@bradpolmateer4801]

I understand katana blades work good for bamboo😲

[@PepperGuru]

Dude...you get it.

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

"I'm not a bamboo expert." Oh, but you will be... 😉

[@allanturpin2023]

Hey D- could you explain the situation near your property? You said "community stand of bamboo"... does the government own the land along the waterways or is it privately owned but undeveloped? Thanks.

[@davidthegood]

Basically, any land that isn't actively being worked or lived on is considered fair game for harvesting wild fruits, yams, tying up goats, etc.

[@allanturpin2023]

@@davidthegood- I see. Thanks. I'm a little curious about the extent of the "etc." If you have any thoughts on the matter to share.

[@alcatelkey]

Etc is left up to your imagination. Ability to hide increases the possibilities if you understand what I mean. (This is in no means an advocation to do said etcs. though)

[@osccvh]

😂

[@allanturpin2023]

@@alcatelkey- I've got a pretty vivid imagination... seems like some interesting stories could emerge.

[@lilyli2460]

I'm in Pa, I'm wondering how the air plant flew to top of a bamboo? who planted it there?

[@davidthegood]

Great question. They make fluffy seeds with threads that catch the wind, then fly through the air until they catch and germinate in a good location.

[@lilyli2460]

@@davidthegood 👍 Thanks I ike your answer. I'm your new subscriber looking forward more videos !

[@bradpolmateer4801]

Take it easy before you turn into a bamboozer

[@lilyli2460]

David, next time when you cut a bamboo,your knif stucked, try drop some oil along your blad ..

[@alcatelkey]

Be careful when handling the bamboo, as contrary as it sounds, they cut like razors (the edges and slivers that is). If you doubt me, ask me how I know.

[@joycejohnson1484]

Oh my goodness, David the Good. You need a copy of THE CRAFT & ART OF BAMBOO by Carol Stangler. I have the book but not the bamboo. : (

[@davidthegood]

Looks like a good book... I keep accumulating books, despite the hefty importing costs...

[@judyhowell7075]

Black Bamboo is beautiful but it does run.

[@LibertyNotLicense]

DtG, Mastering the Ricky Bobby knife removal method! Sure, you can grow s runner...as long as you're willing to outrun it across an ocean! Biscuits!

[@ambersamusements5257]

You actually did the flipping slo mo. 🤦🏽‍♀️🙃

[@bigh650]

do you think you could mail me one of those hunks !

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

TFS

[@Austinandpup]

You can make people cages! I saw it in a movie!

[@phangz8394]

The Viet Congs called them "collapsible American soldier boxes." Yikes!!!

[@Kat-mh5kj]

@@phangz8394 show me show me!!!

[@boldorfoolish]

Oh yeah! I can fast forward through slo-mo shots!

[@SkotColacicco]

@4:20 Those segments, tho.

[@combatmako]

Goodness gracious, think of a The bazillions of fun projects you’ll be dale to build with all that... More Poo for the Pig......... ✌️❤️😁

[@brusombear3823]

wow that stuff is LONG

[@curtiss7993]

Hey!! A battery powered sawsall would be priceless for this!! Cut your time way down.

[@davidthegood]

Good idea.

[@biblist5215]

Moso bamboo?

[@davidthegood]

B. vulgaris

[@BurgerRatt]

Careful! The Ents are gonna be mad!

[@aaronb4493]

Bamboo should thrive there.

[@BradGryphonn]

3:30 Bamboo has eaten the saw.

[@rickobrien1583]

Cut a V chunk out first then no stucky stucky

[@thomasreto2997]

Wow 40 or 50 feet. That would make a lot of bamboo steamers😃🌈🤙

[@colleenrodamer6230]

Time to build a hut out of bamboo

[@c.j.rogers2422]

I'm 1st and I don't care.

[@pik9574]

You need a better saw my man

[@8507582]

Pandas like it! Sell it to the Chinese!! :-) Then compost them haha :-)

[@nunaurbizness3495]

My cousin makes kites out of bamboo.

[@assbread5950]

i use bamboo to turn cousins into kites.

[@dannypeace9053]

Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Big L, and David the Good, also known as the cornerstones of rap. Next time you need help with that bamboo, call me, I'll be right over.

[@AKTomtom]

Waisted the whole video, & your point was? Your title was "King of Permaculture", please tell us why bamboo is so. Thank you.

[@davidthegood]

Food, building material, cooking fuel.

[@Kat-mh5kj]

bambooza

[@stormyic]

Love ya Dave but you lost me at the slo mo

[@davidthegood]

After all the terrible videos I've done, that was the last straw?

[@stormyic]

Naw just this one. I’ll be back

[@sjohnson5602]

David needs better tools.

[@nunaurbizness3495]

FYI, bamboo and all plants DIE when exposed to rap music.

[@alexriddles492]

The sound on my tablet died when exposed to rap "music".

[@theresadavis1834]

You are silly. Two hours really.

[@romyenglish]

Waste of time

[@davidthegood]

Then don't watch.