The Phantom Planter

 Me and my Big Druid right hand man spent the afternoon yesterday digging out lots of trees and moving them out of the way of the spiral we have created. We want it clear of trees 1 metre either side of the 430 metre long spiral we have made, giving the ancient oak trees we are going to plant plenty of room to grow. Big enough job this and we have a long way to go, we must have did about 50 metres of clearing so far. We also cleared the very centre of the spiral where we are going to light a bonfire on Halloween night. We want the middle area of the spiral clear anyway for the Irish yew tree I have thats going to go right in the centre. Tough enough job digging out all these trees, think we got it just in time though. These trees that have been already planted are in about 2/3 years. Another year or 2 and I really dont think we could have got these out. Back at it here today again, its to be a nice day so will make the most of it. Its also been good that we got so much heavy rain o...

 Turning the hood into a nature loving Buddhahood. Thats my aim and ambition for my local estate, filling up every green space with fruit trees providing the community with good food security for many years to come. You know we have well over 700 fruit trees in the estate now that we have been planting for around 8 years and for the past few years every piece of fruit has been picked and used. Next month is the beginning of bare root tree planting season, if you head around your local garden centres ask if they are stocking bare root fruit trees, they can be pretty cheap and get phantom planting. Stick them in the ground the right way up and watch them grow. What I like to do with my life and time is use it on things that I can make a change at, you see on here people are letting their minds be warped by BS they can do nothing about. I love the whole Buddhist concept on life, dont give your attention to what others fail to do, give it to what you are failing to do. you will never h...

 Some Wee Betty pics from over the years. Sometimes you think your rescuing a dog when really its the other way about. I think its the dogs are rescuing us more.  10 years now I've had Wee Betty and she's been the best personal trainer I've ever had. I dont think I've missed a days exercise yet from I got her. I would never have taken to all these great nature places to walk without her. When she came into my life 10 years ago I was not in the best state health ways. Smoking, drinking, drug addiction and many other unhealthy habits I was plagued with. Wee Betty was a big part of my healing, definitely owe her big time. Never was I doggy person in the past, I wouldn't even have stroked them before. The only dog I ever had was in my house clearance business I had many years ago and my intentions was to get it trained up to sniff out money and gold from houses I was clearing. Turns out the dog put my head away and did more damage than finding hidden treasures. These da...

 Went and walked along the canal yesterday to find the exact spot where in 2016 I jumped off a Viking boat drunk and knocked on a farmers house for help. The young girls there at the time brought me in and got me a lift to the next town where I had my bags and a hotel booked. One of them in the house that day said was I a Buddhist by any chance as there is a Buddhist Monastery up the road. Strange thing to ask a drunk person that just jumped off a Viking boat. Not sure what had happened to me when I heard this but something sparked in me like I had to go! So I headed and stayed with the monks for 3 days in one of the most positive life changing events ever for me. Apparently this part of Ireland has more Druidic sites than anywhere else and there was even a Druid University here at one time. Jampa Ling which is the name of the Buddhist Monastery just up the road is resident to one of Tibets highest Lamas, The Venerable Rinpoche. Who I hear picked this place to live because of the s...

 One of the pics is the way I was living this day last year and the other is from this morning as I sit here writing this drinking my coffee. As you can see wee betty is loving our new home just as much as I do. For years in my old cabin I sat on a kids school chair and used a blue barrel as my table to eat my meals off, trying to contain it in the smallest room possible to keep it warm as there was holes all over the cabin. That old cabin taught me a lot about the mind, that its not our conditions that make us happy, its our state of mind. I was forced into that cabin through bankruptcy and homelessness and for the first while it was painful. Coming from a very rich life in the business world and underworld I was used to the finer things in life more so than most. Through some planting and chanting and putting into practice the Buddhas teachings I elevated my mind so much that I begun to love the old rotted cabin. I found something within me thats not out there in the rat race or ...

 It wont be long now until our heritage Irish apple trees will be ready for planting. I'm taking orders as of now if anyone wants one planted for them at our new Lisnabreeny Community Orchard. You can have it planted as a memorial tree, celebration tree or whatever other occasion you would like to mark. You'll get a laser printed name tag with some sayings/slogans of your choice on the tree too. It costs £60 and this apple tree will be there for you to visit anytime and will live for over 100 years. You'll get all the details sent back to you of pics and location of your tree. Drop me a direct message guys if you would like a tree planted,  Phantomplanter1@gmail.com  There is already 300 Irish apple trees at Lisnabreeny and we have room for 200 more. Once this place is all finished its probably going to be the biggest heritage orchard in Ireland. Be part of something special today and at the same time your supporting The Phantom Planters movement! I challenge you to phant...