Ivy is an amazing and very welcoming host. I loved staying in the little Mud Hut , which I still think of as "the little hobbit house". I loved the "wildness" of the property, right in the city. The property is productive, providing some of the family's food. It reminded me of how our pioneer families may have lived, the huge amount work and creativity required keep things going. The hut itself was a Magical experience, the glowing candle light, the cosy enveloping feel of the room, a kind of decompression chamber. Emerging in the morning was like being born anew.