Perspective

 And not your first career choice. Early in my career I had to climb telephone poles so I can relate somewhat.

Having come from the land of post oak, live oak and black trees, tree trimming was not new to me. Have to admit never considered palm trees being pruned.

Consider these palm trees from Desert Springs near Palm Springs. Their "beards" neatly trimmed near the ground.

 Well the palm trees here can be quite tall and falling palm fronds pose a hazard so trimming every couple of years is required.

Tree trimmer at work

They use a sharp carpet knife with a curved  blade and take less that 15 minutes per tree


How about a different perspective? The trimmer above is in the next picture.

Did you find him? My estimate is in the 40-50ft range in height.


Two palm trees on our lot

Before

After

Sorry, I was facing east into the sun and did the best I could


Remember in February when I was giving away grapefruit? Next crop is on the way. Will try and follow these

No majestic oak trees I am sad to say. But with two palm, one grapefruit, one Meyer lemon and one lime tree, we are far from barren.




Happy Cinco de Mayo!