Amaroo Tree Boxes

[Michael]

Roy,

Are you talking about my 71 Mach 1 again?

Michael

[Roy]

Roy,

Are you talking about my 71 Mach 1 again?

Michael

Michael,

Since you live in north Florida, you definitely are from the Ole South. Tampa is not part of the South. Here's what your Mach 1 looked like, when all the ladies where hot after you, and before you put it up on blocks in your front yard.

[magsc21]

Roy, I just laughed so hard that coffee shot right out my nose...

Allen,
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. If we ever end up with some land, I will have to give some careful thought to moving my tree boxes back and forth. The dolly looks great, but it won't do much for the process of hoisting the pots up into the back of my minivan. And the Honda was not really made with much towing in mind. There are so many variables it's making my head hurt. It is really nice to hear the experience of someone who's done it all before.

Mantis, thanks for doing the legwork on the boxes. I'm going to order a few as well, they look so great.

-Maggie

[Michael]

But Roy,

That was 30 years ago when i was showing off to the cute brunet and said "Watch This!" Just before I blew the engine.

Which was just after I said "Hold My Beer."

I am still looking for a Good used 429 the replace the 351 Cleveland.

Michael

[boonut]

Maggie,

If you decide to sell bamboo, you can either charge for the pot or give the consumer the cost of the pot back if they bring it back in good shape. Really a good way to keep the cost of big pots down.

[Iowaboo]

that is the greatest pot I've seen. I wish I had high quality pot like that. There has to be more then raintree nursery offering that quality pot online. They offer alot of unusual fruit and herbs, so I'm not suprised they offer that kind of pot. Or shall I say box.

[Jeff: Igor's Apprentice]

Don't be such a pot head. In ground planting is obviously the way to go in Iowa.

[Iowaboo]

Yeah, but I plant to move the pot in my basement in the winter.

[magsc21]

Allen.
You're clearly an optimist. I'll have to master growing it before I could think of selling it. But perhaps somewhere far far down the line I will have a giant bamboo ranch...
-Maggie

[boonut]

Allen.
...perhaps somewhere far far down the line I will have a giant bamboo ranch...
-Maggie

Where are you located?? North of Houston... East of Houston? There are lots of good boo people in the Houston area.

I started my Boonut Farm about 8 years ago now. It took me a while to get rid of the sorghum and then the sunflowers that followed. My place was being farmed in sorghum at the time I purchased it. Maybe another 8 years and it will really be something. I don't think we have the bamboo interest down here yet. Maybe some day...

[magsc21]

Allen,
I'm actually smack dab in the center of Houston on a tiny 7,000 sq ft lot. I have a little extra space to play with, as our lot backs to a drainage ditch easement, but it's not nearly enough. We are thinking of buying some acreage somewhere Southwest of here, maybe Wharton or Lavaca county? The idea would be that I could grow some giant bamboo (I want some Dendro sinicus...), and eventually we'd put a house out there and let the kids run around outside and experience a bit of country living.

I've been meaning to head up to the TBS meetings at Mercer, but we've got a new baby and things have been pretty hectic at our house. One of these days I'll make it though, hopefully to meet some of these fellow boo enthusiasts! I assume that anyone who likes bamboo is quality folk.

-Maggie

[boonut]

You can see a lot of bamboo at Mercer. Steve Carter lives outside Houston and is one of the big growers in that area. John Nelson is also a member of TBS and lives near Houston. John is with http://www.bambootexas.com/ and Steve grows for http://www.caldwellhort.com/ both are valuable resources when it comes to bamboo.

I think Mercer occasionally lets people get bamboo that attend their regular meetings. I think they encourage both TBS and non TBS members to come. They are a good group. Maybe "Outlaw" will chime in with tips.

The further South you go and the closer you get to the coast, the better your chances of growing really big tropical bamboo.

[boonut]

...and eventually we'd put a house out there and let the kids run around outside and experience a bit of country living

-Maggie

I live in Harlingen... but, my Boonut Farm is only about 2 miles away. It was good for our family to build it together. We all worked together and put up fences and even today we still cut the grass and plant boo together. Both of my kids are now in college. Sometimes 21.43 acres is a little much to take care of, but I wouldn't trade it for anything... it is more than just land.

[magsc21]

Allen,
I definitely need to make it to a meeting, I joined TBS about a year ago and never actually have made it. I went to the festival in Austin last year, and bought some lovely boo there, but that's the extent of my contact with fellow boo lovers.

We're excited to work on a piece of land as a family. At this point, our son is 2 and our daughter is 3 months, so when we find the perfect property, I like to think it will really be a part of their childhood memories. And I can imagine that it will become so much a part of the family that we won't want to part with it. And if I can grow some bamboo there, what a lovely bonus! I'm dreaming of dense groves!
-Maggie

[boonut]

Maggie,

Building things at the farm was definitely a big part of our family. Some times my wife would make tacos on a real fire first thing in the morning as we got started (usually in the winter) and we worked all day long followed by roasting hot dogs and smores late into the night as we talked around the campfire. No electricity... no computers... just family. It was nice.

Here is a link to one of the galleries on my website with pics from those years... http://www.boonut.com/photoalbums/boonu ... ndex0.html

It was a lot of work, but my kids are now very hard workers on their own and great team players in the things they do. They will do well in life.