It increases property value and you plant it only once. Bamboo is a renewable grass that is a relatively cheap to invest in for your family to have later. We grow 15 cold-hearty species in Mo. and we are oferring some plants to start your own grove. Call for species list and avalability. We have some in pots and will dig up May-August. We can prepare the location for plants. We have green, green with yellow stripe, yellow with green stripe, all yellow, black, all are excellent erosion control to keep your land from geting away from you and bamboo has an endless amount of uses and if you lose your job you can make somethiing to sell or sale plants out of your grove or sell the material and let them make it and you can eat the young shoots that come up in springtime, high in protien and it's good for you. Call Ray at Species and Pricelist For 2014 all 1/2 off but are subject to change without notice .. S. M. L. XL.