How to harvest bananas

Step 5 Chop down the tree

Now for the fun part! One person will need to chop down the tree, while another person waits down wind to catch the falling stalk. Otherwise your bananas get busted. Luckily, banana trees are easy to cut through. All you need is one of these machetes and a few whacks.

My mom had her spine fused, so I'll be catching the tree while she whacks it.

Remember not to hurt the keikis! Those are your future banana harvests.