Southeast Chapter
Tenth Annual Moso Workday
Silver Brook Cemetery
March 17, 2001

Fifteen people gathered at the Old Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC on Saturday, March 17, 2001 for the Tenth Annual Moso Cleanup. Attending were: Robby Russell, Mike Hotchkiss, Mike and Keena Turner, Gary & Brenda Sirmons, Bert & Mary Ann & Merlin Silverman, Joanne & Roy Palmer, Jim Montague, Misti Wright, Rick Goohs, Christian Martini and Fulton Powell. We were pleased to have Christian, Fulton, Roy & Joanne with us and look forward to having them join the Southeast Chapter. Rick Goohs came all the way from Ohio and had the distinction of traveling the farthest.

The group began gathering about 9 a.m. and started pulling vines and weeds, cutting out dead and damaged culms and cleaning out undergrowth. A trash pile was established quickly and another area was reserved for cut poles which we would later divide and take home with us. Amidst all the work were many bamboo discussions, lots of visiting, catching up and getting acquainted.

We all delighted in discovering quite a few emerging new shoots and promptly marked them with orange surveyor's tape to lessen the number of trampled shoots.

There was the usual amount of equipment problems....run down batteries for Sawzall....missing nut for weed eater....forgotten trash bags...lost gloves which were later found, etc. but no real disasters (thankfully).

We broke for lunch and then returned for additional cleanup and dividing cut poles with some of us digging a plant or two to take home. The event which ended about 4:00 p.m. was another successful cleanup enjoyed by all who attended.

The Eleventh Annual Silver Brook Cleanup is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 2, 2002. The confirmed date (and rain date) will be announced later.