Judith Browning

Seems like it would cause overlap and confusion, to me.

Bamboo growing has a forum

Bamboo woodworking has a forum

Bamboo composting has a forum

Reusing bamboo products has a forum
If we add a bamboo forum now each of those could end up in the bamboo forum instead but they aren't really related to each other at all.  

A thread (topic) can be in more than one forum so even though bamboo topics would be all in one forum each one can be in additional forums.
So a thread topic about bamboo used for building would be in the bamboo forum and also maybe natural building or one of the construction forums.
and if the thread was about cooking bamboo sprouts it would be in the bamboo forum and in the cooking forum.

It's definitely a multi use plant!

 Is 166 a lot of topics?  

I think 50 threads is usually the minimum to start a new forum.

I was going to begin a thread about bamboo and thought bamboo might have it's own forum but couldn't find one.

A search shows 166 threads with 'bamboo' in the subject line so maybe enough to have it's own forum?

https://permies.com/forums?module=search&action=search&forum_id=-1&search_keywords=bamboo&match_type=exact&search_in=SUBJECT&forum=&groupByTopic=true&sort_by=time&sort_dir=DESC&search_date=ALL&member_number=&member_first_name=&member_last_name=&member_match_type=memberPosted

I can go through and copy links here, to this thread in a day or so if it's worthwhile😊

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is not what we do but the way we perceive,
and until this obstacle is addressed,
all actions of body, speech, and mind
will predictably reinforce our old perceptions
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Now is the time to understand more,
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If you see yourself in the correct way,
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I've given up for the moment.

thanks for so many ideas everyone!

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