The Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia is a stunning natural wonder, renowned for its cascading lakes, waterfalls, and lush surroundings. It was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, reco...Read More
A food forest is a diverse planting scheme consisting of various layers of canopy trees, fruit trees, vegetables, berries, fodder plants, spices and others. Food forests are a new sustainable farming ...Read More
Montenegro has its name fromthe Venetian ‹montagna negra› but should actually be renamed as it is dominated by all kinds of shadesof green rather than black, especially in the mountains an...Read More
The remote valley in the Canton of Ticino, with picturesque villages inhabited only in summer time today, attracts fascination because of the numerous rocks that have shaped villages and were even int...Read More
While in 2017, when World War 1 raged through Europe, D.H. Lawrence published the poem «Autumn Rain», 113 years later we face the dreadful waves of Covid-19 raging through most parts of the ...Read More
Zwischen dem 18.8 und dem 15.9.2018 experimentierte ich auf der Schossmatte (2’126 m.ü.M) mit dem Einsiedlerleben und hütete ein paar Fotos. Über Jahrhunderte bot das Hüten von Kühen auf de...Read More
Romania is full of small villages and historical towns. Sheep, Palinka (the local plum brandy) and touristic sceneries are the essence of life in the Romanian countryside and the people’s genero...Read More
Das Alpenschneehuhn (Lagopus muta) liebt Strauchheiden, Geröllfelder und schneereiche Täler. Die Heidelbeesträucher der Schossmatte munden ihm besonders gut. Da es dem Alpenschneehuhn bei über 15 ...Read More
Didi verbrachte im Herst 2018 einen Monat auf der Schossmatte, einer heute kaum mehr bewirtschafteten Alp oberhalb von Münster. Dass das Sennenleben alles andere als ein Schoggijob war, verdeutlicht ...Read More