After a year, my new crop of bananas was finally ripe and ready to be cut off the bunch. I ended up carrying 34 pounds of bananas up to the house in two trips. This yielded 12 gallon bags full of sliced bananas to freeze for smoothies and banana bread. That filled up a 16X8X11 inch space in my freezer. See proof of my labors below. Click on photos to enlarge and read captions. Forgottenman insisted you’d be interested in this. I had my reservations, but I usually comply with requests, so here is the proof of my day’s labors.
The year’s crop, minus a few we’ve eaten as they ripen
And bananas off my own tree!
Skinned, sliced, bagged and partially frozen
Most of the bananas
The slow-ripeners,taking up residence in my kitchen and ready for slicing in a few days, when they’ll fill another bag or two in the freezer..
And this will be the final chapter of the “Banana Chronicles.”
Fresh banana bread.
For Cee’s FOTD
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Cool!
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What I wouldn’t give to have my own banana tree! Very cool!
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You are a very lucky lady!
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You reminded me of the Harry Chapin song, “carrying [34] pounds of bananas.” Looks like a worthy endeavor you will be enjoying for awhile. So neat to be able to grow your own bananas.
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Really? What a coincidence. We are in sync.
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You picked them at the perfect time to eat. They look delicious 😀
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Wish I could send you some. The ripe ones are so sweet and delicious.
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I’ve never nown anybody who grew their own bananas! These look wonderful, though a lot of work to slice them for freezing! I love the idea of freezing them for smoothies/breads/etc! Enjoy them!
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I put frozen bananas and frozen blueberries and a bit of soy milk or oat milk in the blender and it makes incredible ice cream/sorbet.
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Ooh –I’ll have to try that!
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How delightful is that! Yes, lots of work but the rewards! whooot
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Absolutely worth it.
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Oh Judy, your garden is so gorgeous and inviting. Sure hope the March visit can happen! (damn you! Omicron.) Thanks for all these photos.
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I do, too.. It will be such fun.
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Wow! And a very good-looking banana bread.
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They were so good! Just one left now for guests arriving tomorrow.
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I wish my youngest granddaughter were there to help you; I taught her to make a triple-chocolate banana bread, sugar free and gluten free.
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Send her on down, Dolly!
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As soon as I figure out appropriate packing materials. They have to be pink, lavender, and sparkly, with unicorns on them. I am so not used to little girly girls!
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Details, details.
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Very particular!
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Jealous!
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For the bananas, the bananabread or the garden?
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I am jealous of all three
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A day well spent 🙂
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I love it! Forgottenman was right.
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He usually is.
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Fantastic! A hearty crop. Enjoy!
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Having some now with ice cream.
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Sounds delicious!
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Oh, so amazing you have homegrown bananas! Thank Forgottenman for the request; I loved your post!
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He will be so vain about once again being right! He’ll see your thanks for himself but will refrain from saying “I told you so,” being such a humble soul. Right, Forgottenman????
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