1. Garden Trellis

This project is popular because not only does it last a few seasons but because after its outlived its usefulness it can be added to the compost heap giving it a new purpose. What you will want to do when making this is drill holes into the bamboo while it's still green using a standard bit and use the thinner stalks as pins. You can use other varied lengths of bamboo as a spacers to create a wider tripod if you want or keep it snugged up tight for a teepee type structure.

2. Fencing

While we’re building our garden out of free, sustainable materials, we might also want to fence it. Bamboo can also help either lower those costs or eliminate them.

We can weave it in wattle style, or get artsy and cute. We can fill in gaps on rail fences to prevent dogs and rabbits from slipping through, or extend the height of fencing to deter deer.

We can place it tightly or weave nearly mats with it to help buffer winds and create snow fences as well, which lets us almost pick the places snow will pile up or spread the snow load out to create lower drifts over a larger area.

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