Bamboo zip ties

The bamboo stalks, or "culms" are about 1. Since the diameter of the bamboo stalk is not consistent, a bamboo strut will not always lock at the correct angle inside the locking collar of the geodesic dome hub. By adding a 4" long sleeve made from 1.

The strut is secured to the center ring, and the outer collar now locks the strut at the perfect angle for this dome frequency. To make the sleeves, a scrap piece of 1. This bamboo strut is smaller than the PVC sleeve, so heavy duty packing tape is applied to increase the strut diameter, and to keep the end of the bamboo from splitting when it is drilled.

The hole is drilled for the zip tie that will keep the PVC sleeve attached to the bamboo strut. It is important to line up the holes in the sleeves on both ends of the strut so that they are parallel to each other. If the holes on each end of the strut are 90 degrees apart, you will not be able to attach each end of the strut to the center rings during construction. As for the length, 6 inches will be fine from the bottom to the lowest rim of the pole. After that, create two more small bamboo containers, but this time smaller than the first one.

Moreover, you need small yellow bulbs. Place each bulb inside the bamboo containers. The yellow light mimics a candle and creates a slight shadow that really looks good at night. Anyway, you can use actual candles, but for larger bamboo poles only. This is to prevent the candle from burning the bamboo. Also, place a candle-lit outdoor lighting on top of a fancy basin filled with water. For this project, you need one-meter long bamboo poles.

Thinner poles are ideal here so you can tie it snugly with each other. Also, you need a thicker set of poles for the feet and frame of the bench. Aside from that, you need a few meters of steel wire. You can also use strong nylon ropes. First, lay all the thin poles and start weaving it with the steel wire. This way, it will stick together and become the sitting surface for the bench. However, make sure that all the poles are flat and nothing is protruding higher than the other.

After that, create the feet of the bench by connecting two shorter poles of the same length to both ends of another pole. After that, connect the horizontal portion of the feet into the bench surface you made earlier. You can also add additional support at the bottom to make the bench more stable. If you want to add the element of water on your garden, you can make a cascading water fountain out of bamboo. The first step is to make some troughs by splitting bamboo poles in half.

Also, you may want to add tiny bamboo poles that will look like faucets. You can place each bamboo trough in a stair-like order to let the water flow steadily. Also, you can stick to a simple three-tiered bamboo feature or design a more complicated system.

Take note that creating a large bamboo fountain can be a long-term project. Also, you need a lot of tools, screws, pipes, wiring, drills, and so on. Most of all, you have to purchase a pump that bears the right power for the size of your fountain.

For beginners, this can be a trial and error project. Always use potable water for your bamboo fountain. If you have pets, they may drink from here too. Bamboo fences give a rustic appeal to your landscape. Aside from being a unique option, bamboo also has a natural beauty. It also ages well over time, much so if sealed with a type of varnish.

What you need for this project are 5-ft. Also, prepare nylon twine as well as a baling needle. Start by laying down three horizontal poles which will serve as the frame and then multiple vertical poles as the surface of the fence panel. Tie these poles with the nylon twine, ensuring that each piece is held tightly in place. You can also use the same method as you did with creating a bamboo bench.

Once you have a panel, you can mount it to a cedar fence frame. If you want to make things simple, create a cedar frame and fill it up vertically with long bamboo poles.

If you have kids who love playing outdoors, a bamboo swing will surely become a highlight of your yard. For this project, you need to prepare bamboo poles, a durable cord, and metal washers. The bamboo poles should be cut into four equal lengths.

The bamboo splits pretty easily and quite evenly since any quarter that tries to run off is held against the one next to it, preventing it from doing so. Wear gloves here if nowhere else as the edges of the split sticks will be sharp enough to draw blood as your hands run down them.

Sometimes the ends will have already begun splitting in quarters; make sure to set the blades of the splitter into these or the whole shoot is likey to turn into a mess.

The nodes can be hard to run through, so helping things along with a mallet or bumping the bottom of the shoot on a hard surface is helpful. Once all the cutoffs are split up, we're ready to weave! Now for the somewhat tedious and definitely satisfying job of weaving.

Actually it can save time if you have a helper splitting and you're weaving. The basic process is to slip the split sticks between the uprights so they stay put.

Start with a row around shoulder-height all the way down and work your way up for a fence like mine. I did this so that if I ran out of weaving sticks I'd still have coverage around eye-level, and I can always add more later if I like!

Since honeysuckle is already starting to engulf the fence I doubt it'll be needed this year though. Some sticks will be longer than others, some poles will warrant very even weaving, others will want to clump together like they're a single pole, Just roll with it. Don't put all your wide sticks on one end of the fence and all the scrawny ones on the other.

Whether it's honeysuckle, jasmine, tomatoes, or wysteria, this kind of fence looks great with a healthy crop of vines using it as a trellis, and the more grown-on it is, the more private it will be. I was fighting honeysuckle and air potato by the time I was starting to weave my fence, and the local lizards and birds seem to enjoy it as well. Question 5 months ago.

Can Phragmites reeds be used in place of bamboo? I have several large beds of Phragmites near me and in my experience they are fairly sturdy they are also extremely flexible too.

Aw, this is terrific! It really looks great. Making something out of what somebody else would just throw away is satisfying, isn't it? Did you try to make a rough estimate of how many poles you'd need for instance, 20 feet of fence divided by 1" or 2" width per pole?

Or did you just cut and cut until you fell over? Because personally, I'd probably quit before I had enough, unless I could see whether I was getting toward the end.

I've been doing battle with running bamboo in my yard for years, and have a sort of irrational hatred for bamboo that hasn't been killed and made into furniture or something. Maybe a wicked sharp machete would be the way for me to go. Die, die! Take THAT!