The back half of our backyard has been taken over by bamboo. The neighbor behind us has it planted in her yard. We've tried to stay on top of keeping it from growing in ours, but have pretty much given into defeat as the stuff grows crazy fast & just keeps coming back. One plus to the bamboo forest was discovered today. Apparently Emily calls the bamboo her house & the kids love to walk through it & play back there. I will admit that I think if I were a child I'd love playing in it too. And it's pretty to look at so I guess we'll keep it. ;-)