Kauai is called the Garden Island. The amount of vegetation it produces is immense and things are overgrown quickly. This reality is in addition to what must be the tourist industry’s focus on manicured grass and colorful vegetation. I have always been intrigued by the number of people working constantly to cut and trim and haul away the plants and parts of plants that grow where they are not wanted.
The folks who trim the tall coconut trees have always attracted the attention of my camera. Somewhere in this blog is a post and images of the workers climbing the trees to cut loose the coconuts and remove excess fronds. I don’t think it is a rumor that falling a falling coconut to the head can do some serious damage and there is likely some related liability issues for industries that would in one way or another encourage people to be within range.
Some coconut trees are tall but too thin to support a climber. Today a worker outside our condo was demonstrating the solution - a very, very long pole saw.
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