The Gothic Homesteader

This year, my husband, Robby and I are celebrating Halloween Addams Family style, in that we are having a marathon of the 1960's Addams Family (on DVD) and the 1990s Addams Family Movies (also on DVD).  I made us Bat Cookies, we have Barq's Root Beer, which has Licorice in it.  I found Black Cat Peeps, my favorite as they too are Licorice flavored.  And I got us a large bag of Purple Caramel Pop Corn just for tonight.  This is such a treat, an evening all to our selves.  Rain pouring down outside... so dark and gloomy! Twas Halloween Evening " Twas Halloween Evening and through the abode,  not a creature is stirring, not even a toad.   Jack-o-lanterns are hung from the gallows with care,  to guide sister witch as she guilds through the air, dawn by 8 beautiful bat.  And she calls to them,  'Come Flitter! Come, Flutter! Come, Flapper and Flyer! Come, Chitter!  Come, Chatter!  Come, viscous Vampire!...

When people thing of Goth's and gardens or even homesteads, one of the first images that comes to mind is Morticia Addams.  Love her, hate her, admire her, she is the First Lady of Gothic Gardening.  African strangler plant, rose's for their thorns, hemlock, hensban, and poison ivy, she grew at her bidding.  And grow they did. The Addam's Family house had a large greenhouse built on, as many Gothic style homes did.  These were known as a conservatory.    What is a conservatory?  It is typically a glass room connected to a house on only one side, and is used for a greenhouse or sun room.  They were first used in the 1600's to try to grow citrus and other non-native plants in colder areas.  Morticia used her's to grow exotic plants year round. While our Gothic homesteads might not look like Morticia's (who wants to grow poison ivy? Not I;  itchy, itchy, itchy !), but we are unique in our own righ...