I have lots of palm trees in my yard and finally got tired of hauling piles of downed fronds to the curb and the local landfill via Waste Management. I have also spent a lot of money on good hardwood mulch to landscape and replace water hungry turf grass. I finally went out on a limb and purchased a robust DK2 electric shipper with the idea that I would just turn the brown palm fronds into mulch.

Yes, the chipper is $2500 but this actually turned out to be a pretty good idea. I am making 10-12 equivalent bags of store bought mulch every couple of weeks chipping my palm fronds.

For what its worth.