So I'm in the kitchen this morning and I see the banana tree is looking a bit funny. So Baxter (my dog) and I go out to investigate. The bananas got so heavy and big that they literally broke the branch!!!!! So when Steve came home this evening I told him about it and we decided that we needed to harvest our first crop of bananas! I ran and grabbed the camera quickly while he grabbed the machete. Steve says "Now THAT'S something I DIDN'T do in Alaska growing up!" hahahaha! It was a good thing we got them now because some critter(s) had gotten into a few of them. Grrrr!!! Of course Steve had to taste one and he says it tastes just like a green banana! I'll wait for them to ripen a bit more.... Meanwhile our black faced parrots had come to have their evening meal. They were quite loud and curious about why we were in THEIR back yard when they wanted to eat! So I grabbed a quick close up of a couple of them.
So the first thing we did was to weigh them. We have 15 POUNDS OF BANANAS!!!!!!!!!!!! Then I had Steve take them to the shower and wash the ants, etc. off of them and we let them dry a bit. Meanwhile I did some internet searching to find out about banana ripening...
It seems that banana trees are SUPPOSED to produce fruit in 20 months. It's been EIGHT YEARS since we moved in and they were here when we moved in! The previous owner told us it would take 7 years to bring fruit. So it's STILL been much longer than it should have been...
Then I read that you need to harvest them while they're green because it ruins the other fruit if you let it ripen on the tree. So we did good there. But once you cut them you have to hang them in a "cool dry place" to finish the ripening process. Now if you know my husband, you know he's a "come up with a plan" kind of guy. Sometimes his plans are brilliant, others they drive me crazy and others are just... Well, they're just STEVE! This was one of those "Just STEVE" cases! I have banana bunches hanging all over my living room and dining room and on the door to the guest suite off the kitchen!!!
From what I've read we should have ripe bananas in a few days... What am I gonna do with 15 pounds of bananas?!?! I guess that's for another post... In the meantime, enjoy the slideshow posted below of our banana adventures. And leave me a comment if you have any banana ideas! I could obviously use them! :)
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Okay, I don't see the slide show. Am I blind?If you need a place to dump some banana, bring them here. I make banana bread and blueberry banana muffins every week. I can always use some very ripe bananas.
oh wow that is a ton of bananas..... that would make alot of yummy banana bread!!!!!yum
Wow! You certainly have been bearing fruit! lol Amazing! I LOVE your slideshow! it truly is just unbelieveable. all I have to say to you is BANANA PUDDING! i make it all the time (or i did before my fibro-garbage). now i make it on holidays mainly, but everyone loves it. sounds like you're getting all kinds of good ideas for tasty banana dishes! have fun! hope you can make it through your house (you know, without running through bananas!)
Yum! That's alot of bananas Ginni!
Love the parrots- so cool!
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