Here is an example to show why process is important when working with large numbers of an item, if quality, consistency, and productivity is to be assured. I...
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Derick Calderon
entre16@...
Feb 2, 2001 9:49 pm
Dear Mark: Fabulous proceedures I got tired just by reading the proceedures. Wish you more success in the future. Cordially Derick Calderon Tel 502 3671197...
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mjmeckes@...
Feb 3, 2001 2:56 am
Hello Derick, Your message reminded me of a couple things... With this type of work, I try and only work with each procedure no more than a couple of hours or...
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Derick Calderon
entre16@...
Feb 3, 2001 9:59 am
Dear Mark: Your proceedures really are very interesting.I am going to translate one or two of your steps so the people realize what you can do if you prepare...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 4, 2001 5:40 pm
Hello Jan, It's great to hear of your pipe creations, and methods of working with `Yellow Groove Bamboo'. Another ID of this bamboo is that sometimes near the ...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 4, 2001 7:39 pm
Hello Derick, You certainly have some wonderful projects underway to develop a bambu crafts industry in Guatemala. It sounds like these projects could be very...
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raefael@...
Feb 4, 2001 11:00 pm
Hi everyone, I'm new on this list and am seeking some information and advice. Has anyone heard of Japanese Bamboo? I live in Iowa, and have some of the stuff...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 5, 2001 12:05 am
Hello Bob, and welcome! Firstly, let's see if we can determine if it's actually a bamboo. There is a plant in the US that has a common name of Japanese...
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joao.paglione@...
Feb 5, 2001 2:32 pm
Excellent people - Doug Lingen and Reed Hamilton. Just took a 2day course near Sacramento, California. I would recommend it to anyone, novices or people who...
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Bob Davidson
raefael@...
Feb 5, 2001 6:28 pm
Hello Mark, Bingo, you hit the nail on the head. Your discription of the plant fits it like a tee. I liked the flowers in the late summer because I was a bee...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 8, 2001 7:34 am
Hello Bob, I know it gets very cold in Iowa, but if your winter minimum temperatures don't get colder than -20 oF every year, and the planting can get at least...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 8, 2001 8:32 am
Hello Joao, I don't think anyone else here made it to the workshop, so I'm sure we would enjoy hearing about your experience. ..one `advantage' of not having a...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 9, 2001 10:01 am
... Over the last decade or so, I think that a conservative estimate would be that well over a million bamboo plants have been distributed throughout the US,...
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PermacultureNo1@...
Feb 9, 2001 1:41 pm
While I generally agree that groomed groves are more productive and attractive, there is one drawback. Where the grove is to screen noise. I recall working...
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Joao Paulo Paglione
joao.paglione@...
Feb 9, 2001 4:27 pm
Dan, I see the same situation in various affluent suburbs near L.A. I would drive by and see many groves of bambu of all types. On some occasions, I frightened...
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Raphael Moras de Vasc...
rmv@...
Feb 9, 2001 5:10 pm
Hello Dan, i would agree with that. But the health of the plants are important too, and they are happier when managed. cordially, Raphael Moras de Vasconcellos...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 9, 2001 10:15 pm
... Because bamboo is a woody herbaceaus perennial and has a limited life span for each culm, it's important to cut out the older culms or few culms will be...
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Bob Davidson
raefael@...
Feb 10, 2001 10:21 am
Hi Mark, The weather here in Iowa can vary. Generally speaking the coldest average temperature in around a -9 degrees. But usually every winter we will have...
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PermacultureNo1@...
Feb 10, 2001 4:44 pm
In a message dated 02/09/01 12:25:55 PM, rmv@... writes: << Hello Dan, i would agree with that. But the health of the plants are important too, and ...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 12, 2001 2:12 am
... Thank-you Joao for bringing this to our attention. This idea has been formulating in the minds of many bamboo craftspeople for some time... why? - Because...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 12, 2001 9:37 am
Hi Bob, These species should survive providing that you give these varieties some winter protection from the whipping winds, especially in the first few years...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 15, 2001 2:46 am
... Hello Dan, It would be a good idea, as you said, to put a notification of your offer in a newspaper etc, to maintain groves, even if you don't do it right...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 15, 2001 8:33 pm
Carole and I recently attended, and presented a bamboo display at a symposium in Austin Texas, called `Get Growing and Keep Going'. The purpose of this...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 15, 2001 11:15 pm
We have been talking to teachers about incorporating bamboo craft activities for children, into their educational curriculum. This is a great opportunity to...
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 21, 2001 7:58 am
There are very few places in the US that actually sell tools specifically made for bamboo craft. It's a trial and error experience, till you find a tool that...
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Feb 21, 2001 8:19 am
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mark meckes
mjmeckes@...
Feb 22, 2001 9:04 pm
On Saturday Feb 17 Carole and I had the pleasure of participating in a group grove grooming of Phyllostachys pubescens (Moso), at Avery Island, Louisiana. This...
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Feb 22, 2001 10:18 pm
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