Urban Farming

River Bamboo

February 3, 2012

Photo by Rick Gush Arundo, also known as river bamboo, is abundant in Italy. I know this plant is a pestiferous weed that really has caused some serious trouble by out-competing native riparian ecologies, but I still think of it as a crop plant that I look after in connection with my garden. River bamboo, […]

Urban Farming

River Cane

May 13, 2011

Photo by Rick Gush Though an invasive speices in some places, Arundo (or river cane) has many uses. I know river cane (Arundo donax) is a nasty weed in some places, like California, and that it displaces many native species in riparian habitats, thereby destroying local ecologies. I urge all gardeners and farmers to treat […]