Growing Bamboo Can be Tricky

While there are no panda bears living in my neighborhood, the prospect of growing bamboo seems interesting.  Perhaps along a fence line or to hide an ugly old building in your backyard? However, growing bamboo can be tricky.  There are good kinds and there are bad kinds.  From Outdoors blog,

Wanting shelter from the W/ N/W winds which whistle across open fields at the back of the house, I enthusiastically planted this thug ! Yes it did a first class job for a few years,but now I’m constantly chopping the stuff & boy has it spread. I

According to one website, if running bamboo were that bad it could take over the world.  (I have often wondered that about Kudzu too).  Here’s a link to some bamboo info you might find useful.  Me?  I’m sticking to my dreams of a raised garden for potatoes, tomatoes, and maybe squash.