The Phantom Planter

 These are some pics from over the summer of me out cutting the grass around the 88 apple trees that have now been massacred. And one pic from yesterday of the poor trees left to die.  Every apple tree here was a rare heritage Irish variety that I selected myself from old orchards around the country. I grafted these onto mm106 rootstock and nurtured them for nearly a year in our polytunnel before phantom planting out.  I never missed going to back to care for these trees, making sure they were always mulched and the grass cut nice and neat around them. I didn't want them to be a hassle to anyone.   I picked this spot as it was a massive open green space in the estate and the woodland trust had been planting trees in island formations for the past few years in the same field.  I thought sure why not have an island of Irish apple trees for the community and nature to enjoy. Fruit trees are the one thing thats missing from our landscape for nature. The RHS pub...

 Another 88 newly planted community apple trees have been cut down. Done in such a sneaky way, they lifted the tree guards, snipped the tree at the bottom and just left the dead tree in the guard.  It seems friends of belvoir wood who work in association with the Woodland Trust maintain this land and they were out the past week cutting a meadow next to the 88 trees.  Anyone know if Friends of Belvoir Wood did this?  Its also looking like its friends of belvoir wood that maintain the area where another 200 fruit trees were cut down just over a month ago now.  This has all been such a sad time for so many. Grown men have been in tears at the loss of loved ones memorial trees. I've shed a few tears myself over all this. Years of work and dedication has went into this.  Any info be greatly appreciated. Please do message me  Phantomplanter1@gmail.com  These trees will be replaced and cameras put up.  This wont be stopping my dream of making Belvoi...

 Feeling physically sick and sad.  88 of our newly planted heritage apple trees have all been cut at the bottom.  Done in such a sneaky way. They've lifted up the tree guard, snipped the apple tree and dropped it back.  Well over £2000 worth of trees were planted here!  Never mind the man hours looking after it to be vandalized like this!  This is absolutely criminal.  If anyone in Belvoir estate knows or have seen people do this please send me a message. The trees were just off the top of Belvoir drive. Plenty of houses opposite this site. Maybe someone seen something.  I'm so so disheartened with the amount of trees thats been cut down over the past few months.  I still think this is the work of the authorities which they are all denying for some reason. I honestly think they are covering this up.  Back in Spring when the environment agency came to interview me I was adamant with them that I would go to court and defend my trees under ...

 Great keeping the comments turned off on my posts guys. What a liberating experience it has been.   I never was one for social media, all I ever used it for was selling stuff in the past.  When I first started The Phantom Planter page around 7 years ago now I was never intending to have my comments turned on.  I dont really care what others have to say.  I have message that we all need to plant trees and care for nature more and thats it.  The Buddha tells us in this book to be careful of seeking praise, if your moved by praise you'll be moved by blame.  My own ego however got the better of me and I got caught up on here like everyone else having my ego praised and then bruised. Finding myself getting annoyed by the mentally deranged.  I also let my mind get filled with nonsense information that was futile to my own spiritual path and my own inner peace.  I made a big big mistake keeping caught up with the headcases on here in the comme...

 Made protective frames to go round each famous oak at our spiral. 32 more to go! This place is an oak museum in the making.  Knighthood and Brimmon oak we did yesterday.  Dont forget guys. I've still 6 saplings from the Magog oak in Glastonbury that I'm selling. 50 quid each posted. The Magog is one of the most famous trees in the UK. Its partner oak the Gog has been dead for a while and the Magog is said to not be too far behind it. This could be the last ever chance to have saplings from such an iconic tree.  Email me - Phantomplanter1@gmail.com  Or message on here for if you want one posted.  Peace and love  The Phantom Planter and Wee betty

 The Kingdom of God is within you.  Quote from JC.  The Buddha also said its only by looking within that we will truly awaken.  The Dharma and God are one.  The more I follow Buddhism the more I resonate with JC.  I've been looking for my Sangha up here in Belfast.  I want to find wise teachers that I can talk and learn from.  A Sangha is your spiritual family.  I went to a potential one the other night but right away some members started talking about how much they hated certain flags and another spoke of very political devisive topics right from her first words.  Schisms in the Sangha came to mind for me. Which the Buddha says these types of actions will result in rebirth in the Hell realms.  The search will go on though.  They say when you find your Sangha its like coming home. You will know in your heart.  We all need teachers in this life. Wise people we look up too.  My old mate Billy Boy was probably my wise te...