The Gothic Homesteader

Ok, so I have been in the Phoenix Metro with its awesome Goth sceen ( thank you, PhxGoth.Com ! ), but my heart is not in this overly hot, urban spread.  My heart is longing for my wide open spaces, plenty of room for my Gothic Garden and Dark Veges, and room for a cat or a dog to run free!  I know we will never have that here in Phoenix, so it is time to start scouting for where we will settle long term... and it needs to be rural. When you consider where you are going to settle homesteading, bit it rural like us or urban like we have been, you have to take many things into account.  One of the key ones is where is your soul at rest.  In the big city, I get depressed far worse than were I can get out, go adventure, raise big gardens, and have animals.  But you have to go were your heart is. So, Gothic Homesteading - rural version, here we come big time! ~ Morria

What a delight, to know when the time comes to get a large garden going again, that I have so many varieties to chose from.  I know some of these will grow well out in the Desert Southwest where my husband and I plant to dwell.  A Goth in the desert you say? A straight up Desert Goth, is a Goth from any type, which has adapted to the desert.  Don't scoff.  I have dwelt out there before, and would consider myself a Desert Gypsy Goth, which is a kin to Hippy Goths, Dark Mori,  with just a few twinges of Wild, Wild West style Steampunk-Goth thrown in for good measure.. And why not?  Santa Fe, NM and Phoenix, AZ are both centers for art.  Phoenix itself has a Goth Scene to boot, as PhxGoth website proves.  Santa Fe has beautiful Gothic Chapels, and is the oldest capital in the USA dating back to 1607.  And with Day of the Dead (Dia del la Muertos), and all the items from that, is it any surprise there are Desert Goths and Desert Gypsy Got...