Monday morning in formal was a little dull with rototilling and raking beds for planting however the afternoon was the highlight of the day. I went to a masterclass for trainees on pruning and caring for bamboo. So I spent my afternoon in the wild garden pruning bamboo. We took out all the dead bamboo canes from the columns. Some of the canes broke off, others could be cut with a loppers, and some had to be cut with a special handsaw. Once the columns were in good shape we had to dig a trench around the base of each one to cut any roots that were growing out horizonatlly and would spread the clump where it was not desired. I managed to find what seemed like every root on my clump. Once a root was found it was then lopped off. It was a very fun afternoon. The weather wasn't bad today either. Some of the pictures are of us forking a trench around the bamboo clump looking for the roots and below it is a root that I dug out and cut. And the other picture is of some of the canes we removed.
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