Crafty Green Poet

 I carried out a butterfly survey at Lauriston Farm today. As regular readers might remember, this is the site of Edinburgh's Agro-ecolo...

My Crafty Green Magpie Shop has been open on Etsy for nine years now. I also for a while had a separate Crafty Green Poet shop (for handmad...

  I first came across Lev Parikian via his excellent Six Things Substack, which includes his 100 Birds posts, which are clearly related to h...

 On Saturday, we visited Dr Neil's Garden , a hidden gem on the edge of Duddingston Loch,   near Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat (whic...

We had a lovely walk yesterday along the River Almond, starting at the Cramond Brig and ending up at the village of Cramond. It's a love...

  Rosebay Willowherb is a beautiful flower, often underappreciated as it grows so profusely in some areas. it's well worth stopping to a...

 It was raining most of the day on Saturday but that didn't stop us enjoying a wander around Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens . Thi...