Re: The Aftermath
So anybody's suggestions on what to do with these trunks?
When I was a kid in the Philippines, we use it as rafts in the river. We roll these trunks into the river, then strung these trunks together using sticks and banana ropes (yes you can strip the outer edges of each sheath to form a durable rope), it is so easy to do while they are floating on a calm river. Then use it as raft where we dive from in the middle of the river. It floats good.
When our parents come to pick us up from the river outing, we haul the trunks back, take out some of the individual sheath, and cut them foot long, and voila, we have disposable plates to hold our picnic food. These are very clean disposable plates.
After removing some more sheaths, until the core becomes very white, we then cut them to tiny bits and use as vegetable or feed for the animals.
All the leftover matter, we pile them up around the base of growing banana mat, and they become mulch.
Nothing is wasted.
Here in the US, perhaps we can use the sheath as disposable plates during thanksgiving, the inside curvature to hold the food are really clean and cool. But most of the time, simply mulch them or go into the compost heap. Sigh...
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