Wildsteading

Wildsteading, what is it?  The simplest explanation is a Wildstead is a Wilderness Homestead, which uses rewilding techniques to live in balance and harmony with the land.
Wilsteading is an integration of food forests, rewilding gardens, and no-till gardens, using native and naturalized plants to sustain one long term.
A wildstead is a dwelling in the wildlands where a rewilder dwells in balance with the wildlands and the seasons around them.

Gothic Wilsteading is Goths, who are Wildsteading, using the principles listed above, while having fun with Southern Gothic knowledge, black, purple, orange, scarlet, and night plants, and reminding the world there is beauty in the midst of the darkness and chaos...

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