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

Since starting Gothic Homesteading on Facebook back in 2013, more than once I have been asked just what is a Gothic Homesteader?  Just about as often, I get asked, What makes someone Goth?   And what is a homesteader?  All great questions. I have over the years actually heard many explanations to what it means to be a Goth and to be a Homesteader.   The simplest way I can explain it is thusly:  A Goth is one who who sees beauty in the midst of a dark and dying world. A Homesteader is one who follows the homesteading way of life: a. raising what one can - fruits, veges, herbs, animals, etc., b. make what one can - clothing, food, all sorts of crafts, very diy ( which Goths are great at typically ), c. providing what they can for oneself and ones friends and family. A Gothic Homesteader is one who see beauty in the midst of a dark and dying world, and thusly lives the homesteading lifestyle. As both Gothic and Homesteading cultures are very DI...

I have seen in my day alot of " You might be Goth if... " and " You might be a Homesteader if... " lists, but nothing like this.  So for the fun of it, I sat down and wrote out this list.  You most likely ARE a Gothic Homesteader if even a few of these are true... 1) You're a Goth who invested all your time and money into a piece of property most people wouldn't want. 2) You dont care about career or success, and are mostly interested in the size of your black carrots or the health of the bats in your bat houses. 3) You want your children ( if have any ) to learn to feed and milk the goats, and feel it is important skills to learn as they teach the value of hard work. 4) You know nearly every type of edible food that grows in black or purple, and you have tried/are going to try/are growing them. 5) You know all about the moon cycles and when is the best time to plant, harvest, and the likes. 6) You have very little money, but you know if...

I grew up on the Kansas prairie and by 19 I was full on Goth.  But growing up in the garden and among animals, I could not get it out of my blood.  So I said, why try?  I will be a Gothic Homesteader...  only I thought no one else would be interested.  8 years later, after listening to friends talk... and looking around the web again after being away from easy internet access for a time, and I discovered... there is alot of interest in homesteading these day among my fellow Goth, but nothing geared to us. So here goes...  The Gothic Homesteader Blog and Facebook page are live...  please give me grace as I spread my batwings and share stories from my personal adventure in Gothic Homesteading... ~ Morria