If you have been reading this blog, you know I am recently separated. And now that I living on my own, I have to buy housewares. I had some old cotton polyester sheets that were probably older than my marriage, and I wanted flannel instead. I went to the store and found some cotton/bamboo sheets.
I was hesitant. Bamboo is a wood, right? Was I going to get splinters while sleeping? The store had little samples of each fabric blend hanging from the shelves. I think so that people wouldn’t open up all the packages and stick their grubby hands in to cop a feel.
It felt good. Like a soft gentle short haired flannel. I bought them.
And then I saw that it said the following as part of the on the shelf marketing: “Bamboo uses less water than cotton.” Cool! I thought and then since I am so cheap, I had to look at all of the different products’ pricing.
They were the same.
“Hold on,” I thought, “I can save energy, spend the same amount of money and have some comfortable sheets?” Excellent.
A little research and I found out that they also wash really well with cold water, saving me even more energy.
Bamboo also uses less fertilizer and herbicides than cotton. And it grows quickly. I may start looking for bamboo clothes for myself. I know they have them; a Google search shows plenty.
To find out more about bamboo check out this site and this one too.
