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Lets get making our streets and estates into urban orchard for everyone to have free fresh food!

Update from authorities

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 Did a post there the other day about the NIEA (Northern Ireland Environment Agency) getting in touch with me saying that many of my trees are in their area and that they will need to be removed. They also threatened me with the police if I didnt stop planting. Turns out my free food map created a rod for my own back. The NIEA used my own map to go round and inspect all my trees. They have pointed out that hundreds of them are in an ASSI (Area of special scientific interest). What I did find odd though is the majority of our phantom planted trees are on old overgrown football pitches. I rang the officer in charge of this to say to him how can football pitches become an ASSI. He had no idea the area used to be football pitches. I explained to him that most of our fruit trees are memorial trees, with many having loved ones ashes planted in with the tree. We must have around 300 families memorial trees phantom planted in this area, with so many of the families regularly visiting them ...
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Love these kids!

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 These pics were sent to me a few months ago from kids who were out collecting acorns for me from a special ancient oak tree. I love this, really brightens up my day when families go to so much effort to help me out with my oak spiral project. Really is a dream come true for me how the Phantom Planter has spread around the world. All the acorns that were collected and sent to me are germinating as we speak. I've probably got one of the most precious acorn collections in the world and its all thanks to the Paramili-Tree SAS Branch (Special Acorn Service). Its amazing how what you think and write can uplift you. I got up this morning feeling bit groggy, think the weather is taking its toal. So I started looking through some of my pics and seen these kids out getting acorns for me and it really elevated my mood. Then as I write about it my mood is elevating even more. Its so true that what we fill out minds with will determine how you feel. I cant handle some of the fear people spread...
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Meet our oldest phantom planter!

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 This is our oldest phantom planter on the team and one of my best mates. He has came with me on so many phantom plantings and he was even on the BBCs Stephen Nolan show with me. 89 years old he is now and every day I go and see him. About 8 years ago I met him at the garage struggling to put air in his tyres, I offered to help him and me being me I couldn't shut up about the Buddha, yoga, trees and how it changed my life! He thought I had told him that I was into judo, so he got home and decided to try and find me to thank me for what I done that day by contacting some judo clubs in Belfast looking for a tree planting Buddhist, he had no luck! Around about that time I had a tree of mine cut down and the stump discarded over a fence and the rest shredded. I was devastated at this and went to the papers with this story! My old mate was sitting reading the paper one day and there was me in the paper holding my decapitated tree stump. He contacted the paper to get my details and we ha...
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Great weekend planting and chanting

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 Been none stop phantom planting over the weekend.  From Buddhist monasteries to the Buddhahood.  Please help keep me planting and chanting!  My begging bowl account 👇👇👇👇 https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=FAJZHB3TBXMSL This is my life now guys and I dont get funding for what I do. Your support means a lot to me. And if you cant help me I challenge you to phantom plant a tree! Peace and love  The Phantom Planter and Wee Betty
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Planting trees at Buddhist Monastery

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 Planted 7 Cavan variety apple trees yesterday down at Jampa Ling Buddhist Monastery in County Cavan. They were Cavan Sugarcane, Cavan Newington and Cavan Rose. I grew and grafted these trees from old apple trees that I took cuttings from last year in the County Cavan area. So pleased to bring some of them back down and plant in their native homeland. It meant a lot to me to have these planted here at Jampa Ling, and what a spot I got for them, right out the back of the main house. I look forward to watching these grow for the rest of my life. Thank you to the head gardener for your time yesterday and to the French volunteers who were staying there that helped out. Jamp Ling is a pretty special place for me, never did I think 10 years ago when I stumbled across here drunk after jumping off a Viking boat that I would be running around planting all these trees and spreading the word of the Buddha. This place has had a profound magical effect on me. I've went from street hood selling ...
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The authorities want my trees removed

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 Under Brehon Law the ancient law of Ireland, the removal or damage to a fruit tree that feeds the community carries a penalty of two and half milk cows. I'm being challenged at the minute from the authorities about one of my orchards, I'm in discussions with them here to try and sort this matter. They want my trees removed and have said they will inform the police of this if I dont and I could get arrested. I said the above Brehon law quote to them which I am more than happy to use the courts as platform to make aware of this ancient law and to promote phantom planting. I have been arrested for so many things in the past, but to be arrested for tree planting, I would love that! Its sad, right now we are seeing the some of worst rain we have ever seen. Our land is being swamped and so many studies are suggesting that its all to do with lack or trees. Trees push the water deep down into the ground and they are holding our land together. We keep cutting them down and building mor...
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345 apple trees planted!

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 345 apple trees we have planted within the last couple of months with another 122 to go. We would have had all of them planted long ago but this weather has really slowed us up. Our new Lisnabreeny Community Orchard is officially full with around 500 heritage Irish apple trees planted over the past couple of years. The other 122 apple trees I have left I'm just going to phantom plant around the place. I have a large group of kids coming out this Sunday with me and they are all going to be phantom planting a tree each. I have set aside lots of masks for them too. Get them all signed up young! They are our future. You know when I walk around the place and see apple trees we phantom planted many years ago towering over me it makes me think that all the ones that didnt make it was worth it. I was standing checking out this massive perfect phantom planted apple tree the other day and I was thinking to myself that even if all the rest didnt make it and with all the years of work this on...
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