1000 Irish apple trees!

 Haven't been up to our apple tree nursery in ages now as I've been so busy and last night I took a drive up to have a look and couldn't believe my eyes! You would think we knew what we were doing! We only just started grafting 2 years ago.

1000 Irish variety apple trees thriving!

All these trees were grafted onto mm106 rootstock just a few months ago and check out the size of these beauties. The growth has been unreal.

These are all cuttings/scions from old Irish variety apple trees that myself and some inner council members went and collected from old orchards about the country winter past.

Next year I'm making a few changes on my phantom planting tactics when all these trees are ready to plant. For the past couple of years now I've been making big pushes on here to make money from what I do. Living in a rotted cabin was doing my head in. Now I have my new cabin home bought and paid for I dont need much money to live. I get what does me wheeling and dealing my mattresses.

Need to stay true to myself and be mindful of the ego. So easy to let ourselves be ruled by our egos. We all have one and todays world seems to be ruled by the ego. Even more so than ever before I would say with all the social media.

Nearly every day I try to go and do some sort of spiritual practice in nature, get barefoot, climb a tree or do some basic yoga and meditation. Just slow down and connect to my inner self and nature.

Yesterday I found this amazing place I stopped off at as I was out delivering a mattress.. Got barefoot, climbed some rocks, stretched, breathed and connected. Right in the middle of this practice I stopped to go and get my phone to video the moment. Then I realised, I was in a really good deep spiritual place then my ego took over wanting to go and video this to show to the world. My ego ruined what was a deep spiritual moment for me.

Its good to share what you do at times to show people what helps you in the hope it may help others. But its also very important to do these types of things just for you.

I believe we all need to go and connect to our inner selves daily. Even if only for 10 mins. Leave the phone behind and go and sit with yourself. You dont have to do any yoga or fancy breath work. Just go and sit by a tree and breath deeply, being the watcher of your thoughts.

So many spiritual practices these days have been hijacked and profited from by our egos.

You know in true Buddhist teachings its forbidden to make money from them. If you look at many online Buddhist classes by monks, the real ones will have suggested donations which is often very little and if you cant afford that just come along anyway. This will be true Buddhist you will be learning from here. Many of the teachers that I follow on youtube never have adverts either and they never ever ask for money. The teachings of the Dharma is for everyone.

Something else I notice too is why not many people like to do tai chi and basic meditation is because you cant really show off with these practices. Theres is no fancy tricks in these basic types of spiritual practices. You cant stand on your head or hold your breath for 5 minutes then jump into ice water.

To just go and sit by a tree, chill and breath, the ego doesn't like this much. The ego gets afraid that you might get a glimpse of the true nature of reality. The greed, hatred, pride and the delusions of the world that has us running around like headless chickens living off the back of mother nature without returning one thing.

We all need to level up with mother nature. We are mother nature, made up of all her elements, One day she is taking us back. Be mindful of your debt with nature. Everything we use comes from nature.

Phantom planting trees is one amazing way to help with this debit. Keep it symbiotic guys. Don't be that educated parasite we've been programmed to be. 

Peace and love 

The Phantom Planter