I love these strange markings on this palm tree in my back yard. I believe they are caused by the tree trimmers parking their machetes in the tree while they go about their business clearing the severed off palm fronds that have fallen from above as they were up in the tree trimming it. This is not a guess. I’ve seen them take a mighty swing, chopping the blade into the tree to hang there as they go about their business.
For Sunday Trees.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Beautiful really
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By the look of those older marks, the tree seems to have an amazing ability to heal itself. A machete would finish off most prairie trees. 🙂
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They just stick it in far enough so it doesn’t fall..less than an inch into the tree. I remember seeing them do it and wanting to tell them not to–that it is going to leave a mark. But, I didn’t–and now like the fact that it did.
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I hope that doesn’t harm the tree!
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Beautiful marks — Thank you for sharing!
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