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| Mollie |
Posted - Jun 20 2005 : 8:27:30 PM
Did you give your farm a name?? How did you come up with the name? I always liked the sound of Martha Stewart's "farm" called Turkey Hill. Do you have your farm's name on anything?? When I grew up farms were just called by the name of the family that started the farm or lived there the longest, such as, the Keller Place. Mollie |
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| jenny louise |
Posted - Aug 28 2005 : 7:06:31 PM
Hi All, I had also dreamed of a farm for so long and when we finally arrived on our place, i was in such bliss...every day rising and seeing our dream in fruition, no matter what shape it was at the time, well I could barely contain my contentment and felt full to bursting with joy. We decided to name the place, 'The Good Life organic farm' That was before I found the books by the Nearings entitled The Good Life, etc.
We have kept the name, even though I have stopped selling organic produce.
I have to mention that I had always wanted a Jersey as well, and had found a lovely one to purchase right around the time our Amish neighbors had to go out of town and asked me to do their chores for a few days. The chores included milking the two jerseys they had and goats and taking care of the horses.
That was the best learning experience! Those darned cows leaned on me when I sat down to milk, and they had insisted on laying in cow pies the night before! Their tails were switching back and forth the entire time I was attempting the milking, and the udders were clean but yuck was stuck in the hair around the udders and got into the milk. The goats, on the other hand were quite easy to manuever, never relieved themselves while I was milking, and were relatively clean, seeing as how the difference in poop size is enormous! Then and there I decided on goats, and have stuck with it, even though the Jersey eyes still melt my heart.
I also have 30 some shetland sheep, as they are easy keepers and have wonderful fiber. Also French Maran chickens, black australorps, Rhode Island reds, Indian Runner ducks, Llamas, a working Border Collie, Angora bunnies, and Jack Russels. My goats are Nubians, because of the milking potential and it is high in butter fat if I ever am inclined to try my hand at cheese. Jenny |
| mama0moon |
Posted - Aug 28 2005 : 2:09:34 PM
We've named our place "Hemlock Hollow" as we are thick with hemlocks. |
| LJRphoto |
Posted - Aug 28 2005 : 08:17:30 AM
How does one go about researching the history of their property? I know the woman's name who built our house and that she used to own the house next door. I also know that she ran a goat dairy operation with as many as 60 alpines at a time. We have chosen LJR Enterprises for any businesses that stem from our property to fall under. It's not very romantic, although it was my husband's idea and I think that sweet since they are my initials and I didn't take his name.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain |
| mmmom |
Posted - Aug 23 2005 : 3:20:41 PM
I'm just agonizing over a name for our place. (having the wrong name would be worse than no name at all!) We have five acres with a log home. We have one paint horse, two goats, laying hens, turkeys, three barn cats and two dogs. There's a small creek running across the front of the property (I don't even think it has a name.) Within the next year or so I hope to be raising Babydoll Southdown Sheep and miniature Sicilian donkeys. I've been considering Sleepy Rooster Farms, mostly because I have this image in my head of what the sign would look like. I just don't know... If any body has any brilliant ideas, I'd love to hear them. |
| lisakaymckinney |
Posted - Aug 22 2005 : 07:44:17 AM
We used to live near a place called Sunnyvale. I like that, too.
The map is not the terrain. |
| quiltedess |
Posted - Aug 22 2005 : 06:56:54 AM
Mine is Prairievale Farm. My grandpa came up with that name.
Nancy |
| lisakaymckinney |
Posted - Aug 22 2005 : 06:29:33 AM
My guess is that a field implies cultivation and a meadow implies native pasture.
The map is not the terrain. |
| rebecca |
Posted - Aug 22 2005 : 03:26:52 AM
Still working on a name for my farm. I think I might try out "Hill Meadow Farm". What is the difference between a meadow and a field?
Rebecca of RebeccaJoysFarm |
| Morning_Dew |
Posted - Aug 20 2005 : 02:03:29 AM
love hearing all the names and how you all can up with them. very creative and thought filled. i don't have my dream farm yet but i have had a name for it since i was a child growing up in NH. and the name will still work since i have relocated to SC. "Dewdrop meadows"
i know it sounds kinda silly but dewdrop was what my grand father calld me when i was very young, i asked him why him called me that after i was in my 30's he chuckled and said "a single dewdrop sparkles like a dimaond. you are my dewdrop." got to love a grandfather that sees the best you even when your not always at your best. i will never forget that just wish i could forget the day when i was about 12 and told him how embarassed i felt and to stop calling me that. was yrs later i found out why he called me that.
every gardener should make time for the humming BIRDS and honey BEES, stop and smell the flowers. |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 12:43:27 PM
You could call in " Head To Toe Farm".. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 11:42:04 AM
That would sure be cute! Especially like old iron bedsteads!!!
I have a willow headboard right now that has seen better days and I have been thinking of making it into a little gate/trellis for my patio area on one side. I can't give it up ..have had it for 12 years and had a guy make it just for me..but it really is not as pretty as it used to be ....for inside.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 10:34:16 AM
Sounds alot cuter than what one of our neighbors has..his entire farm fence is made of wood pallets standing on end and tied together with orange rope... |
| lisakaymckinney |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 09:34:59 AM
<<why not a fence of head boards & foot Boards? >>
I think that could be lovely!
The map is not the terrain. |
| TiaLD77 |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 07:12:59 AM
well We havent quite come up with a name yet.....but here was My idea *l*
We have a group of neighbor kids who seem to think our 1.75 Acres is there play zone & personal short cut to a 4-wheeler path that then cuts over to the Highschool. (yes we have spoken to them & posted the property to no avail, the Cops have been no help either)
So we have decided on a fence my first thought was post & rail.....then I saw an article in country home or Country Living & a lady had used a head board from an iron bed as a gate.....there are plenty of salvage shops around us & antiquie stores that sell odd peices....why not a fence of head boards & foot Boards? a few roses with BIG thorns in stratigec places & we Could call it Bead Head Acres? *l* My Fiance didnt like it so we are still Looking for other options ;-)
Why not go out on a limb? That is where the Fruit is! |
| rebecca |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 04:01:43 AM
Hi Molly! Yes I live in Northern Wisconsin, but my acreage is just over the border in Upper Michigan, where I grew up. But I know your area as my husband is from "down there". My Mom and I have an antiquing weekend planned this October which will bring me nearby, any suggestions where we should stop? LFT your reply...
Rebecca of RebeccaJoysFarm |
| mollymae |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 6:23:01 PM
Hi Rebecca, ANOTHER Wisconsinite! How exciting...
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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| rebecca |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 09:00:20 AM
I have been trying out names for our ten acres, but haven't settled on anything yet. We have apple trees, an open field, lots of raspberries, and always a breeze. Eventually my farmhouse will set on top of the hill. How will I ever decide! I like "Apple Hill" or maybe "Maria's Hill Farm" in honor of the first keeper of our land. Someday it will come to me I am sure.
Rebecca of RebeccaJoysFarm |
| lisakaymckinney |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 06:16:35 AM
Does anybody else have a problem with how UN-user-friendly this board is?
The map is not the terrain. |
| marlyn |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 7:44:59 PM
Our farm is named Cornerstone Farm for a few reasons. First our farm is the corner farm of two townships. Second because whenever you dig a rock out of the ground two seem to be there to replace the one taken. Actually we have very fertile land but with a rocky base from the Canadian Shield.
We homeschool as well and have been for 16 years, Our school is called
Cornerstone school@home
Marlyn |
| BuckBellHill |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 7:26:40 PM
Hi all: My farm came with its very own name. I couldn't bear to change it. Evidently a man named Buck Bell built the house and it sits on a hill, so it became known as Buck Bell Hill, and it stuck!
Fern |
| mollymae |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 08:14:24 AM
Hi Cathy, just noticed your post and welcome to the board! Another Wisconsinite!!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Rumi
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
| WisGal35 |
Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 1:26:39 PM
Laura-
Congrats on the soon-to-close farm! A name will come.
Our whole HeadAcresFarm is really a private name that started as a joke... we don't have a sign or anything! We've been here for 5+ years, but of course all of the locals refer to the place by the name of the long-time owners (who haven't actually owned it in about 40 years!).
My DH is actually very supportive of the whole thing... he was a city, city boy. Before he met me, the closest he had ever been to a horse was a Chicago City Cop telling him to 'get back.' |
| LJRphoto |
Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 10:47:57 PM
Cathy,
Your husband sounds like my step father! He would definitely say something like that.
I haven't decided on a name for our new farm. I would be afraid of jinxing it! But, we close next week and I'm so excited. If I were to name the farm I would probably research the history of the property to come up with the name.
'Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain |
| WisGal35 |
Posted - Aug 03 2005 : 09:25:56 AM
Hi Farmgals!
I'm a first time poster...My husband & I are transplants from Chicago & have a 10.5 acre farm in Southeast Wisconsin. The house is 100 years old, the barn even older. We call our place "HeadAcresFarm." Seems we get one thing fixed, and eight more things break down. Funniest example, the sliding door on the barn is a little tricky, but my husband figured it out & showed me how to work it. Of course, one day shortly thereafter, I pulled it off the track. He was annoyed, and I told him it was 100+ years old and bound to fall off someday. Full of wit, he told me it worked for 100 years until I used it :) |
| Horseyrider |
Posted - Aug 01 2005 : 08:45:52 AM
Hi! I'm Celtic Coyote's mom, and I named our place Freestyle Farm. There's a horse sport called dressage, a series of increasingly complex maneuvers that go back hundreds of years, and were established by military cavalry to increase the odds of survival in battle. It's still an Olympic sport, and the Americans figure in pretty well in the medals each year, but it's a sport dominated by the Germans. Anyway, there's a part of dressage called Freestyle, or Freestyle Kur, that's where a person may depart from the regimented tests required by the FEI and 'do their own thing,' as long as it contains certain elements. And it's often set to music. So beautiful!
Since horsemen can be contentious and think one way's always better than the other to enjoy a horse, I opted for Freestyle Farm, because I believe everyone should be free to do their own thing.
And that's how it came to be. |
