The Great Bamboo Wall

This past summer my hubby set out on a journey to build our great privacy fence. His dad had showed him a bamboo field about 1/2 mile away from the cabin in a field one day while were visiting. Now that we live here in the cabin (his dad has passed away) Papa Bear has always wanted to do something with some of the bamboo. So.. Since we were wanting a privacy from the neighbors, Papa Bear decided he could use the bamboo to build a privacy wall. So, with his hatchet in hand he set out on foot to cut some bamboo. He would cut some, trim it, then pile it in a pile and bundle it up. Then he would drag it all the way home.

After many long days of this he decided there must be an easier way to get the bamboo bundles back to the house so he tied them onto his riding lawnmower and brought them back. As you can see in this picture our cat Shady is checking out the wall.

After some long and grueling days of doing t this he thought he may have enough bamboo to start his wall..... and decided to start building on his wall. He started with placing the biggest, longest pieces across to connect to the trees... then he put a long upright and tied each bamboo peice to the long bamboo going across with a wire. As you can see he had to use a ladder to reach the top. He nailed a board across so he could get on the ladder. Which scared me to death, I thought it would give way and down he would go. He built three walls with this and it was really nice. He had to make several more trips to get more bamboo to finish the project. It took several weeks for him to complete his project. As you can also see he placed a table there and chairs with an umbrella and this year we were going to build a little garden there. He also planted hostas down the side of the wall and put garden lights on the wall so we could set out at night and enjoy nature. The cat's love it too. Sid used to set on the table with him every morning. But now Sid is gone. Well.... after some hard winds this past fall some of his wall came down. He has been down in his back for quite some time so we have not been able to put it back up.... but we are hoping we can get it back up with a little help. He put a lot of hard work into this project and we enjoy it a lot. It also lets us have some privacy.... not quite like we would like... but we do have some. Great job Papa Bear and thank you for our little hideaway spot to enjoy. He is always doing something like this.. this is one of the reasons I love him so much *VBS*... He is so creative, don't you think?