little big new thing

20th June, summer solstice, St. Johns Festival and in comparison to your celebration a year ago - a children party :-) After a pizza feat...

What is Leob Croft? We are a crofting community living on wonderful unspoiled land of 12 hectares, 8 miles from Iona and directly facing ...

Since yesterday evening Leob Croft is the home of 2 honey bee colonies. The hives are placed in what we call "the room", the black curran...

Being on earth is a rich experience. The good and the bad, the worrying and the easing, hope and doubts, depression and exhaled joy are w...

March is a good time to get to know brambles. From a crofters perspective brambles are a pest. One continuously has to defend the cultiva...

Coming to the tiny settlement of "Gruline" at the End of the "scenic route" from the Ross of Mull north along the West coast at the end o...

Three things I learned about the weather in the last weeks 1. It` a rhythmic phenomenon (in short terms) Here at Leob, we have corrugated...

Usually when I spot an otter (which is quite rare but does happen) I don't have a camera with me or it is too far for a good shot (at las...

Unbelievable, but true: its a year now that we are at Leob. It is time for a little update on our situation. But, well, that's not easy t...

We had a lovely short visit to Kilmartin Valley. Since a while I`m intrigued by Rock Art (Cup and Ring Marked Rocks). Kilmartin is the re...

Soon it will be one year, that we are at Leob on Mull. It has always been a wish of mine, to climb Ben More. It feels as if "he" is the w...

Dear everyone, I`m very sorry for not having updated the blog for almost 2 month. Too much happened. Instead of a long story... please en...

(und eine Anleitung wie man es leicht schaffen kann zu uns zu gelangen) Mull ist weit weg, ok. Als ich 2016 mit der „Iona Summer School“ ...

Im Frühling im Garten, es wuchs erst wenig, und die ausgesäten Blumen keimten noch gar nicht, entdecke ich an vielen Stellen, ja fast übe...

Invitation to: St John festival, Midsummer, Sun and Earth Festival. Some members of our initiative “Anblick” ("Sight"), now live in Scotl...

The 24 foot (7.31 m) diameter yurt is now our home. It was a long way to get there, and now it suddenly materialized! Its amazing. The fi...

Liebe Beteiligte meiner Dissertation! (Familie, Freunde, Mitleidende, Mitfiebernde, Begleiter, Betreuer, Kollegen usw.) Endlich erhalte i...

When I step out of the door, I step on grass. Our houses at Leob Croft are blended into the landscape and its lush nature. It would be di...

On Monday 13th May in the morning some Mullians (locals), a befriended couple Rhyddian and Laura with their lovely daughter Megan, neighb...