Midwest Aquatics and Exotics

April showers are coming late this year. Today is April 23rd and it has been raining most of the day. Kind of dreary, but we're almost 4 inches down from our average rain fall this time of the year. It's not real windy and I won't have to water for several days now. So its tolerable, because I know it's needed and it will benefit us in May. I'm still waiting for my black and Henon bamboo to start breaking new culm. Funny how different species break under different conditions, but they all look closely the same. I find bamboo to be so facinating, but quite simple in design. It's kind of like a living "erector set". All of the parts are very basic and simple and at the same time it's very beautiful too. I only wish I had discovered bamboo earlier in life. I'm going to grow it as long as I have life, I just wish I was more experienced with it now.