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

Still time yet guys!

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  Good morning guys, There is still time if anyone would like an apple tree planted at our new community/memorial orchard we are planting up this December. The tree can be a memorial tree, celebration tree or even just planted for someone. Your tree will be name tagged and the location and a pic of the tree will be sent to you at the time of planting. All the trees that will be planted will be native Irish apple trees that have been carefully selected and grown by myself The Phantom Planter. We've went all over The Emerald Isle searching for rare old Irish apple trees to get cutting material from for growing and now we have 21 native Irish apple varieties ready to be plant up this winter. A total of 300 apple tree will be planted at this orchard. Be part of something special guys and make your mark at our new heritage memorial/community orchard coming soon. This orchard is aimed to provide free fresh food for the community and nature for all to go and visit freely. If anyone would
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Watering season over.

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 This will probably be the last week I've had to water potted fruit trees we've phantom planted in the past year.  It's so important to water potted fruit trees for the first year. I've noticed bareroot trees phantom planted in winter never really need watered unless severe drought. But that's not common here in Northern Ireland.  I always remember back at the start when posting on here that I was phantom planting potted fruit trees in summer and some would comment saying how stupid I was planting trees in summer, that they need watered every week and they will die.  My simple answer was, I carry the water to my trees no matter where they are. I've even carried water up mountains before.  I love carrying water to the trees, the trap, shoulder and arm workout you get from carrying 2 x 25 litre drums of water for a km or so is better than most gym workouts.  And its got a purpose and meaning. When you make it to your tree and water it, it's a feeling of accomp
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More trees for the free food map!

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 Got another load of fruit trees mapped yesterday at the orchard to be added to the phantom planters free food map. Taking the total to well over 250 fruit trees so far with many more to go!  Every red dot you see is a fruit tree and to be honest theres not going to be enough location map grids for all the trees we have. Some of the location grid spaces on the map have more than one fruit tree in it.  There must be nearly 400 fruit tree here at the phantom planters HQ!  All phantom planted by myself and my paramili-trees over the past 4-5 years.  I've been putting off doing this job of mapping these trees for sometime now as there is that many to do. But so glad I've started. Should have it all done by tomorrow evening.  All these trees are then going to be added to the phantom planters tree map on the link below for all to go and see one day and help yourself to some fruit.  This is our contribution to nature and the community. I belive it's our duty that we all need to co
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Trees are the peacemaker!

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 Nearly 200 fruit trees me and my right hand man looked over yesterday to make sure they were all ok. We also mapped them of there locations to go on to the phantom planters free food map. All these fruit trees have been phantom planted by us over the past 4-5 years at what we call The Phantom Planters HQ aka Belvoir Memorial Orchard. We have over 700 fruit trees now in and around Belvoir housing estate South Belfast and there's no sign of us stopping! As my right hand man was saying yesterday this is a legacy we are doing. Long after we are gone these trees will still be providing for the community and nature carrying on and promoting phantom planting for many future generations ahead. Last night as I was working away tagging the trees an Indian couple was just sitting chilling at the orchard and then a lovely Polish family stopped by and sat at the bench my right hand man made around the old oak tree in the middle of the orchard. I had some great chats with them and they are meet
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Be part of creation!

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 Good morning guys now is the time we should all get out and find them ancient oak trees and collect acorns from them for growing.   Its so easy to do, just plant them directly in pots about an inch deep, cover over winter to stop anything digging them up for a snack and next spring watch you baby oak trees thrive. I've been doing this for years now and its so easy to do. I've added a link below for the woodland trust ancient tree finder, this is an amazing map that will tell you of all the oldest trees nearby. Collecting and growing seeds from our local ancient trees is something we all must be doing. Its also a great thing to do with your kids too setting out and looking for these ancient trees. We need this connection back to nature and everyone of us on this planet needs to actively play our part in returning and contributing to nature and the community.  You look around the world these days with so many finger pointing and blaming others about whos responsible for all this
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Be part of something special.

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 Good evening guys, here is a list of all the varieties of apple trees that's going into our native Irish community / memorial orchard this December.  Irish pitcher Greesy pippin Lord derby No surrender Cavan wine James Grieves Kemp  Sheeps snout Isaac Newtown  Ecklinville Green chisel donegal Brown crofton Irish peach Gibbons Russet  Lough key crab Allen's everlasting  Bloody butcher Buddha Tree Kill Cavan sugarcane Blood of the Boyne If you'd like one of these planted in memory of your past loved one get in touch.  Please email phantomplanter1@gmail.com  All of them apart from 2 varieties, James Grieves and Isaac Newton are all native irish apple trees with some of them very rare.
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The Phantom Planter was Born!

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 I started the Phantom Planter nearly 5 years ago just before xmas, before I started this page I went and said a prayer at Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre Co. Cavan and planted some juniper trees with a Tibetan Lama and asked him to say a prayer for the Phantom planter that I can make it a trend for people to plant trees, that I can help people change as individuals on how they respect nature! I had brought along two Juniper trees to be planted and had lunch there, after we ate the Rinpoche / Lama (spiritual leader in Tibetan) said to me, grab a spade and the trees and we will go for a walk, I didn't say to him I had the trees but he already knew, other people at the centre were saying how privileged I was to be asked by him like that! It was quite a special moment to be walking down a lane just me and the Rinpoche to look for a spot to plant, we found a nice spot to plant and we chatted about how its not up to anyone else to change our world, its up us to as individuals to change. (Bud
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