Got bumped over at Bamboo so I am posting the information here in the Pac NW Exchange.

I am trying to help a friend of the family that are caretakers to an estate here on the Kitsap Penninsula.

Location is Silverdale. 35 minutes from Tacoma or a short ferry ride from the I-5 corridor.

Species is Psuedosasa japonica AKA "arrow bamboo". Positive ID from our friend Kudzu9.

Two groves each one @ 10' in diameter with stragglers. Each one needs to go. An opportunity to help these folks out and give some bamboo a new home.

I would be remiss if I did not give props to Kudzu9. I first asked if he would be available to assist but his schedule did not allow. This being my first dig, he has given me invaluable advice on how to schedule and then finally how to get this stuff out of the ground.

I will limit this to a "first come, first on the list". This is hard work. There is a balance between having enough strong backs and having folks stepping on each other. Email me if you can make it. Please, if you commit make every attempt to show up or let me know right away so I can offer the chance to others.

Would like to start as early as possible. Weather permitting, I will host a BBQ at my house for those who want to stay after the dig. In advance, my P. Nigra does not need thinning. Perhaps after a few pops or after my arms fall off I will entertain such actions but not before. :-)

Now, off to the garage to locate all of my large and heavy pointy pieces of metal.

Michael

Bring them to the Green Elephant Plant Swap and leverage them for other stuff.

Regards,

FireVicar