The Long Days of June--The Summer Solstice arrives at week's end. These long warm days are what enables us to have tropical banana plants in our less than tropical location. We have about 2 more hours of daylight than do the tropics this time of year and it translates into extra growth. Spend a late afternoon or early evening wandering around your banana plants. Check around the leaves and trunk, because you'll never know what you will find...
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| A Squirrel Tree Frog resting in a unopened Banana leaf! |
Our Conservation Efforts--My wife, Kate, and I have kicked off a project to survey the animals on the property that we own in Costa Rica. The information that we gather will enable us to help keep the forest as healthy as possible. We've chosen a great crowd funding site called IndieGoGo to help us. Crowd-funding enables individuals to make small contributions to a project. The site accepts credit cards or PayPal easily and safely. To find out more information about our campaign, please click on the link:
Animal and Plant Conservation in Costa Rica!
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Animal and Plant Conservation in Costa Rica
Patience Pays Off--This past Saturday, I was notified a minimum of 3 times about fruiting bananas. The mild winter seems to finally be yielding the expected results. Barring any unforeseen storm damages, we can expect to be eating homegrown bananas 4 months from the time the plants bloomed. You may cut the flower pod off when it is 12"-18" from the last hand of bananas. Google a recipe on how to prepare the flowers to eat!
Leave it Be--While I do not advocate this practice all the time, I will sometimes snip a leaf off of a non-fruiting banana plant and use it in cooking. The first step is to soften the leaf over heat. This makes it pliable. You then cut it into sections to wrap food or use like parchment or foil. Here is one of our favorite recipes involving fresh Grouper.
The How's It Hangin' Section--Showing off your Bananas!
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| Kathy's Dwarf Namwahs from Summerville |
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| Nicole's Nutty Goodness's Ice Cream Bananas-- More about Nutty Goodness |
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| Eloise's Bananas from Sullivan's Island |
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| Ryan's Ice Creams |
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| Ryan's Postcard-Perfect other bunch of Ice Creams |
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