Moongarden

17/08/2024

15/07/2024

15th July 2024. Feels like it's rained nearly every day since last July 2023! Noah is currently stowed out with boat orders... 😜 Anyway, there's still some signs of life in the saturated (and very much neglected 😥 ) Moongarden... 👍🤞

11/05/2024

Saturday 11th May 2024, some Farmer Gracy tulips in the Moongarden

26/02/2024

Some of my Farmer Gracy spring bulbs. First ever purchase at end of last year (2023). Let's see how they turn out! 👍🙂🌷🌷🌷

15/08/2023

Agapanthus pretty good this year 👍

27/07/2023

Good crop of nectarines in the greenhouse again this year and fruit size bigger too 😋👍

19/06/2023

19/06/2023

28/05/2023

Flowering this week in the Moongarden

22/05/2023

Remember guys you can Phantom Plant any type of potted fruit tree this time of year.
I always recommend its well rooted in the pot and depending how big it is, it might need staked.

Turn your street into a garden of Eden, make your doorstep an urban orchard, there has never been more of a time that we need to be positive and boost community morale.

The land is ours, if you use any green space out the front of your home for the greater good and maintain it, common sense planting, be aware how big it will grow, where fruit will fall etc no one will have a problem.

Any land you see thats not being maintained, overgrown with no boundary hedging or gate etc is commons land, that means it can be claimed for the greater good, its our land!

How do you think the travelers get away with what they do, they just brass neck it and no one can do a thing, they even pay them to move!

Ive been approached many times by people giving off about me planting, I just brass neck it too, tell them its a communal fruit tree for the community and if youve got a problem I'd like your reason in writing signed why you dont want community fruit trees to feed the homeless and educate our kids.

That gets them a bit, what sort of excuse can they really come up with for that!
Ive yet to receive a letter or get told not to do it, would make a nice article for the paper.

But most of the time if you contact the local council grass cutter and tell him youve planted a communal fruit tree or a memorial tree and that you'll be maintaining it they are cool.

Plant first ask later, nature does not ask permission to sow a seed and neither does a squirrel....

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission!

I had a fruit tree planting charity before and one of the main reasons why I set up the Phantom planter is the hoops I had to jump through just for planting trees and the same silly questions I got asked time and time again, it stole any sort of positive energy I had to offer and was a big test to my Buddhist nature.

I have planted 1000s of trees and im still waiting on an answer back from a council for the planting of 10 trees in a park, that was 5 years ago.

Im not one for hanging around and neither should you, its all or nothing!

Lets face it guys, we need good natural food, our kids need to know where our food comes from and our world is in desperate need of trees and love.

Your only planting a tree, making your home a better place, who would have a problem with that!



Peace and love!

I challenge you to phantom plant a tree! Anywhere, anytime, any place.....

22/05/2023

Bumped into this dude a few weeks ago and I stopped and helped him out erecting a sign saying wildflowers dont cut yet, which seemed to have worked btw as the council have left this verge alone and then again yesterday I was driving by and there he was keeping the edges of the verge tidy cutting the grass!

What a dude, the world needs more like him, he was showing me all the different wildflowers thats beginning to grow, he had a list on him of 18 different species of native wildflowers that grow naturally if we leave grass alone!

We all need to start contacting our local councils requesting they leave these verges alone or just to cut the edges as this dude was doing, it's so important for nature and all its creatures and I think it looks way better having natural meadows at the side of the roads too!



Peace and love!

I challenge you to phantom plant a tree! Anywhere, anytime, any place.....

14/05/2023

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Local Voluntary Group making our local area bloom and grow. New volunteers always welcome! :)

17/04/2023

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Local Voluntary Group making our local area bloom and grow. New volunteers always welcome! :)

09/04/2023

What's flowering up in the Moongarden on Easter Sunday 2023.

26/03/2022

Primula sieboldii alba - just budding up now.

26/03/2022

Primula sieboldii, white petals with pink undersides. Just budding up now.

22/03/2022

Mouse tail plants starting to show leaf, they will be putting out their little flowers in 2 or 3 weeks...

31/10/2021

Autumn acers... this is a green-leaved acer grown from seed by me 20 years ago. It changes colour every day in autumn, from deep purple to a final vivid scarlet before dropping it's leaves - usually the leaves all vanish overnight, especially if there is heavy rain or strong winds!

31/10/2021

Moongarden has a collection of plants carefully selected to suit the climate of the North East. These are all grown in my own (frost pocket!) County Durham garden.
After disappointing experiences with carriers, I prefer to make deliveries in person. Delivery area: County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. Alternatively you can visit and choose your own plants, but this is strictly by pre-arrangement only.
After you have placed your order, I will contact you with a delivery date, usually within 10 – 14 days.
Please only place your orders via phone or email. Message me for more info. All purchases will be invoiced.
Payments made online via PayPal, or online bank transfer. Cash payments can also be made on delivery, if preferred.

18/06/2021

I will be going here with this weekend, courtesy of Stocksfield Plants & Gardens Society, with some of my plants for sale.
Saturday 19th June, 10am-12noon
Holeyn House, Main Road, Stocksfield, NE43 7JR. Opposite children's play area. Parking available at the Baptist Church.

During COVID19 our regular News Bulletin is keeping us connected with news of garden visits, links to recipes, members’ garden problems and much more, including lots and lots of photos of our members’ gardens. It is sent by email where possible and delivered to members without email. 

18/06/2021

Currently growing in the Moondgarden (mid-June 2021).

18/06/2021

Currently growing in the Moongarden (mid-June).

18/06/2021

I will be going here with this weekend, courtesy of Stocksfield Plants & Gardens SocietyGardening, with some of my plants for sale.

Saturday 19th June, 10am-12noon
Holeyn House, Main Road, Stocksfield, NE43 7JR. Opposite children's play area. Parking available at the Baptist Church.

During COVID19 our regular News Bulletin is keeping us connected with news of garden visits, links to recipes, members’ garden problems and much more, including lots and lots of photos of our members’ gardens. It is sent by email where possible and delivered to members without email. 

27/05/2021

27/05/2021

It's winter in May! 🤨👎

13/04/2021

Mid-April and It's so cold! Everything is well behind compared to last year. But the plants in the cold frames are finally starting to show some signs of life, even if they're also a little slow due to the sub-zero temperatures we've been experiencing regularly since January. ❄️❄️❄️

08/04/2021

A small selection of some of the seeds freshly gathered from the Moongarden in 2019.