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04/12/06, 07:26 PM
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Farm Name Help here too? You all did such a good job with Hovey...
I have wanted to ask the same advice since I came online here, but didn't know if anyone would respond. Everyone gave great suggestions to Hovey... thought maybe you could help me too.
Our farmstead was owned by one family for almost its entire 105 years... so will be known as the "Sigstad Farm" for the locals even after we have been here for 30 years. I would like to give it a name that fits us, although I refer to it's original owners locally.
Here's a picture of our farm...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g5...c/IMG_0768.jpg
We are on a small river... the Knife River. When they split the original farm, they put us in the middle of a development called "Scenic River Estates". We have 16 acres of varied land types... pasture, wetland, wooded and field... we have some small ground springs near the river.
Here's a picture of the field that our house faces (I mowed a path in the shape of a daisy for us to walk and for our 5 year old dd to burn off energy in). It starts at the top of a hill and slops down to our home.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g5...c/IMG_0927.jpg
We are planning on raising goats, sheep and poultry...I have a huge vegetable garden that I share with my neighbor and other flower gardens about the property and the start of a small orchard.
Our last name is Strachan (Scottish), but I am mostly Swedish and the town we live in is named from a town in Sweden.
Is this too much info?  Any suggestions? 
Thank you in advance!!!
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Last edited by dragonflyz9C; 04/12/06 at 08:48 PM.
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04/12/06, 07:29 PM
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04/12/06, 07:29 PM
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This was the first time I posted pictures... thought they would just come up as a link... sorry they are so big!!! Yikes!
Thanks Alex for resizing suggestions 
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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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Last edited by dragonflyz9C; 04/12/06 at 08:53 PM.
Reason: fixed the problem
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04/12/06, 07:33 PM
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Wow- beautiful place! How wonderful!
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04/12/06, 07:50 PM
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Set max width
Your farm is beautiful.
But I don't think you should cut a clover or flower into your field -- IMHO.
Even though that is a very nice romantic and pleasant idea, some farmers might have a cow.
No problem with the size of your picture, since it is stored on another server.
But you could consider sizing it in Photoshop or some other software before you post it.
Then viewers won't have to scroll to the right to view other posts, which is slightly annoying, yet justified for some pictures.
Suggest maximum of 750 or even 600 wide, by what ever length is convenient.
Just my 2 cents.
Thanks, love: the pictures, your farm, land and buildings -- very peaceful!
Alex
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04/12/06, 08:08 PM
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I love your daisy. It sure beats mowing the entire field. And as far as the farmer goes, I figure that he probably needs a free cow or two with today's economy.
How about naming it Daisy Meadow Farm?
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04/12/06, 08:16 PM
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04/12/06, 08:46 PM
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With that lovely first photo my first thought was Sunset Farm.
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04/12/06, 10:24 PM
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What a beautiful place!
It looks very traditional, like a place where lots gets done but people are content to work hard and rest at the end of the day.
No names are leaping to mind though ....
Orchard Springs?
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04/13/06, 12:47 AM
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Since there are other small holdings in the area, how about calling it the TWIN SILOS.
With that name anyone who sees or hears the name has a heads up on where it's located.
By the way, what will you be doing with the silos?
Surely would hold a lot of compost. LOL
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04/13/06, 05:39 AM
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Chib (Scottish-Knife) River Farm.
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04/13/06, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by uncle Will in In.
Since there are other small holdings in the area, how about calling it the TWIN SILOS.
With that name anyone who sees or hears the name has a heads up on where it's located.
By the way, what will you be doing with the silos?
Surely would hold a lot of compost. LOL
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I have been pondering that questions since we first looked at this place. My dream idea is to have levels (rooms) built into them and have a observation deck on the very top. Then we could have a B & B (each silo would be one unit). If I could figure out a way to make this happen, I would do it... seems a little out of our reach.
I asked around to see if anyone would be interested in using it, but no one was... all the machinery is still there too. :baby04:
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04/13/06, 11:11 AM
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Lovely place you have there. How about Knife Edge Farm
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04/13/06, 11:48 AM
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What are the Swedish words for "knife" and "farm"?
Swedish Scot Farm
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