The Gothic Homesteader

Sometimes, even with the Gothic Homesteading I do, I feel like there could be some much more I could be doing.  I also feel very disconnected from the land sometimes.  Living close to nature, be it a desert, a forest, the sea, or great prairies/savannas, is healing to the soul.  To be close to the earth, to feel it beneath the feet, to be connected.  Closeness, connectedness, a feeling of belonging.  So many of us struggle with those feeling those thoughts.  Yet out here in the garden, it seems so easy to find, even if a bit thorny at times...literally! One of the easiest way to start restoring ourselves, and getting back to our roots, is starting connecting to the land again.  How? Grow plants in windows. Work a a co-op/urban garden. Learning to preserve our own foods. Walk daily at a wild space or park. Swimming in the wilds Vacation camping out in tents in the wilderness. Save up and buy land. So many ways to start working towards...

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