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Old 09-29-2022, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael G. View Post
TV planted the type of palms where the fronds die off on the bottom and eventually fall off in the wind.
When we first moved here, my wife complained and wondered why they don't trim that
dead stuff off, now we know way.
I guess it's cheaper to just pick the dead fronds up.
The "story" I heard is that Sharon Morse liked the look of the "beard" on those tall palm trees and she did not want them trimmed.
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