Can You Grow Bamboo In The Desert?

In this episode we will answer the question, Can You Grow Bamboo In The Desert?

Hi - We are Douglas and Keri! In May of 2022 we quit our jobs and sold our home in Denver, Colorado to move to our 36 acre off grid homestead property in Cochise County, Arizona. Follow along with us as we build our homestead from scratch!

We made the journey (about 1.5 hours one way) from our homestead to the Bamboo Ranch in Tucson to talk with the owner, Holly, about growing bamboo and yes, you CAN grow bamboo in the desert! If you are interested in visiting the Bamboo Ranch, check out their website here: https://www.bambooranch.net/

We never imagined we could grow bamboo in the desert...we've always pictured it as a "tropical" sort of plant, but it turns out you can grow it here...Matt and Holly have been doing it in Tucson since 1986!

We also are trying to film in interesting locations throughout Cochise County to try and switch it up a bit and show you the great places our County has to visit and give you all a visual break from our homestead :)

Today, we visited Courtland, Arizona, another Arizona ghost town with an interesting past! Courtland was founded in 1909 and was named after Courtland Young, one of the owners of the Great Western Mining Company. Courtland was founded because of the abundant copper in the area. It is in the foothills of the Dragoon mountains about 15 miles from Tombstone, Arizona. At it's peak population, Courtland had 2000 residents! There are still quite a few nice ruins you can visit including several houses, a jail (which is where we filmed from), an original sidewalk, and other ruins. Courtland is located on the Ghost Town Trail Road and we loved checking it out. You will have to look past the graffiti that people have painted over the years :(

To see more about Courtland, Arizona, check out our previous video here: https://youtu.be/BbKUJANaXqM

So, to answer the question of whether or not bamboo can grow in the desert...yes, it absolutely can! It also turns out that Richard from @TerraformTogether has also visited the Bamboo Ranch and completed a cool project with some bamboo canes! If you haven't had a chance, you'll want to check out his channel!

DISCLAIMER: Douglas and Keri are not contractors and the information contained in this video is for entertainment purposes. Please make sure to do your own research!

Once again, thanks for following along with us and we hope to inspire you to live your best life, whatever that might mean for you!

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