Oh, the beauty of blooming! I actually worked on a commercial organic flower farm for two years, so I’ve known many kinds of ...

State road crews continued work on Wednesday, cutting down a towering stand of bamboo near the I-71, Watterson interchange.

As adults, peasants shape the ground with bamboo tools and, in the spring, may enjoy a feast of bamboo shoots. When one's journey is over, relatives carry the deceased to the grave on a bamboo bier.

You can often find fresh bamboo shoots in Asian food stores, but they’re not easy to prepare as they’re protected by many layers of overlapping, brown husk covered in fine, sharp hairs.

Add the bamboo shoots, Chinese celery and onion, sprinkle lightly with salt and cook for about two minutes, stir­ring often. Add the chilli and spring onion and cook for about 30 seconds ...