Crafty Green Poet

Lauriston Farm has been the site for Edinburgh's Agro-ecology Project for a few years now. Their aim is to engage the local community i...

  Today was a lovely day for my regular litter-picking, wildlife recording walk along the Water of Leith in Colinton and Craiglockart Dells...

    Speckled Wood Butterfly, photo taken by Crafty Green Boyfriend on Corstophine Hill ** 30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts ' annual ...

 Lovely to see two Speckled Wood Butterflies in Crafty Green Boyfriend's Mum's garden when we popped in around lunchtime  These are ...

This year for Tree Following, I've chosen the beautiful cooking apple tree in Crafty Green Boyfriend's mother's garden. You can...

 30 Days Wild takes place in the UK throughout June. I'll try to blog something about it every day, though that won't always be poss...

I can't believe it's June already! Some people say that Summer starts today, others wait until the solstice, personally I think Summ...

After an enforced break to the programme (due to COVID) I was back at Inch Park yesterday, leading a nature walk. These walks offer people ...

 I was delighted when Crafty Green Boyfriend's Mum pointed out this moth to me in her garden. Thanks to Edinburgh Natural History Societ...

 So having been indoors isolating after catching COVID, I can now get out and about again (Crafty Green Boyfriend has been able to get out f...

I took these photos before COVID hit our household and am only now back to blogging at all. We're both feeling a wee bit better, but bo...