The ditch along the north side of the plot is finally finished. First I dug half of its length, but only 20-30 cm deep, cutting through bamboo roots and stuff and defining the path of the ditch...
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| it`s hard work digging in this heat |
... and then dug deeper, knee deep in the shallow ditch, deep enough to stop the rhizomes...
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| cross section of my enemy |
... and at last dug all the way along the north side, and knee deep all the way.
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| This should keep the bamboo away |
Next is to clean up, remove roots and make the first row. The bamboo slope in the north has just started spawning new bamboo shoots, so every time I am in the plot working I pay a visit up there and kick any shoots I find. The bamboo are very quick, I noticed a couple of new bamboos maybe 4-5 meters tall where there was nothing 2 days earlier. So I need to be persistent a few years and keep killing all new bamboo till the roots die or other vegetation take over. I have already started to see young shrubs peeking out where there used to be only bamboo before.
By the way there is a lot of sap coming out of the logs I lined up... not sure if it is the heat but it is beautiful
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| see the sap? |
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| there, there, see? |
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