Saddest day yet for The Phantom Planter!
Hardly slept a wink last night thinking about all them fruit trees that got cut down. I've had some serious things happen to me in the past and I've always been able to get a nights sleep but this barbaric attack on our second biggest community orchard has really got me down. The memories that have been created here over the years from planting loved ones memorial trees to taking large groups of school kids out with masks phantom planting. So many people had so many good memories planting here. Now all the 100s of community fruit trees are gone. This has to be a criminal offence of some sort. Honestly guys, these orchards are my life. Years and years of work has went into these. The money spent and the time and effort carrying water, mulching, pruning and so much more maintenance, all this has really saddened me big time. Nearly every walk I go on also involves walking around these orchards always making sure they are ok. Much of this orchard was my h...