The Phantom Planter

 This is the pallet structure and long piece of rope that created this spiral. So simple and worked amazing!  Last begging bowl request till next Sunday. Every Sunday guys is the day I seek alms in return for orchards and Belfast Buddhahood words of wisdom.. Rest of the week my posts will just be about work.  Sunday will be begging bowl day. And it you can't support us please do phantom plant a tree! My UK buiness bank details are,  Name on account-  Free Food For All Sort code 950679 Account number 30178756 Peace and love The Phantom Planter

 Love these 4 phantom planted fruit trees.  Phantom planted about 3 years ago, they are apple, pear and plum.  Many people always say your trees will get ripped out and a waste of time back when I first started this phantom planting but I called back then environmental graffiti.  As you can see the council and community are respecting the trees.  Dont be out to rub anyone up the wrong way in your phantom plantings.  Plant sensibly guys.  You can support this great work we do by supporting us on patreon or alternatively paypal and bank transfer   Big plans this winter and need all the help we can get.  Please copy and paste links into your browser  https://www.patreon.com/ThePhantomPlanter?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=FAJZHB3TBXMSL Uk business bank details Name on account-  Free Food For All Sort code 950679 Account number 30178756 If you cant support us I challenge you to phantom...

 Good morning guys.  Its back round to Sunday again which is begging bowl day.  As most of you know I've a couple of big projects underway that will cost a lot of money and time and we would be very grateful for your support.  Our inner council members put so much unpaid time and effort into this movement. I like to see they get treated now and again. Myself this week must have put in atleast 20 hours work to do with the phantom planter. What started out as a hobby for me has turned into a worldwide movement!  There are 2 major projects I'm working on this winter. The completion of the largest heritage Irish orchard in the country with over 500 apple trees.  We have 300 here now at the minute at the Lisnabreeny site.  Have another 200 just waiting to go dormant to get planted very soon. Then the creation of the spiral oak grove museum.  All our work is open for everyone to go and see. From the phantom planters HQ aka Belvoir Memorial Orchard to th...

 Got some more acorn packages in the post yesterday. Really nice looking acorns too from The Chained Oak at Alton Towers which is one I dont have and have been really wanting. Also more from the Darley Oak in Cornwall and The Wyndham Oak in North Dorset. One of the packages was addressed to the SAS (Special Acorn Service)! Made me laugh seeing this. Not sure what my post woman thinks these days! Thank you so much to all of you who sent these, hope this post finds you as I'm getting a bit lost with so many messages at the minute to thank you personally. I'm not far off getting the 37 acorns from most of the oldest and iconic oak trees in the UK and Ireland. My mind has been so stimulated with this project lately. The next thing I want to do after I get the spiral the way I want it and all planted up is build a good phantom planter website with all our work logged on here. I'm thinking of putting a QR code at each oak tree and it will take you to the website and tell you all ...

 Was out yesterday strimming the spiral keeping it tidy.  Soon as the trees go into dormancy here soon we will be digging out all the trees within a metre of the spiral and move them back.  My mate is then coming round with a heavy duty ride on flail mower which cuts right into the roots and make the spiral about a metre wide walkway all the way round. He has recommended we then go around the spiral with some new topsoil trying to level it off filling in any holes and then put down some grass seed. It will be some job when this is all done and planted up with the oak trees. I've been thinking also that the 13 metre round pallet structure we built in the middle for marking out the spiral we should burn in on Samhain/Halloween night, be a nice way to clear the middle and leave a circular grass clearing in the centre of the spiral, just ready for the Irish yew tree to be planted.  Once this is finished you will be all welcome to come and walk it. I love walking it, I tr...

 Me and wee was away getting some fresh mountain spring water from Slieve Croob yesterday. I go and collect my weekly supply of water either from here or at Saint Brigid's fountain at Faughart. Slieve Croob is where the source of the River Lagan starts from which is the main river that runs through Belfast. I met another lady with all her glass bottles filling up also, she was Lithuanian and down at St Brigids fountain I've bumped into so many Lithuanian people getting water from there too. The Lithuanians must know something we dont. The lady I met yesterday was saying how she would never drink tap water or water from plastic as its full of poisons. She said she just puts this well water in the fridge and drinks straight. No boiling at all and has been doing this for years.  The Well is called Boilin Well just near Legananny Dolmen and people have been getting their water here for centuries. Its right near the peak of the mountain range so there is not much contaminants can r...