With a tool in hand, the young man turned a giant banana bunch into neat clusters at lightning speed.

During this time of “Safe at Home,” many of us have been spending more time in our yards, cleaning out winter-damaged plants, and preparing for the growing season. If you have bananas in your ...

HARVEST BANANAS. Many banana trees have fruit this year. Bananas ripen best off the tree. Wait until the fruit reach full size, then cut off the whole stalk and hang it up somewhere convenient. Pick ...

Damian and Gloria Ondo are dwarfed by the huge banana trees in their beautiful garden as they walk through with their dogs Simba and Caesar. Even though the original tree Damian started with was from ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- David Flynn lives on the hill just off the Greenbelt with a green thumb and beautiful green-leaved banana trees that are bearing fruit in Egbertville this year. Flynn says the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. Should I cut my banana trees back to the ground now? They look terrible ...