"When the first tips turn yellow, cut it down," one of Gary's co-workers said.
Get 12-feet up there, how? And cut it down with what? we thought.
So one evening, after a friend excitedly pointed to tips of yellow, Gary enlisted the expertise, help and ladder of our next door neighbor Noom. Then with the aide of my trusty kitchen cleaver, with one "WHACK," down it came--about 20 pounds of "kluay," or bananas.
And since they ripen quickly, Noom explained to cut the "wiis," or hand clumps of 10-12, off the stock and distribute to friends immediately! His family enjoyed two "wiis" for his services.
We also washed them in soapy water, to eliminate random ants, then enjoyed each individual banana or "luuk," as the days passed.
And since a tree only produces fruit once, the men handsomely chopped it into carriable lengths and deposited them in the trash, so the "babies" or suckers around it could grow.
Happy Harvest!
