naming your farm

Our place sits on the side of a hill, near to the top. My Dear Wife has a Fine Art Studio, where she paints beautiful oil paintings, that she sells. And when we moved in to the place, the first week we had Hummingbirds flying around the windows, looking in at us.. So I hung out several feeders for the Hummers. They came by the dozens for the sweet sugar water. So the place became "Hummingbird Hill". And my Dear Wife promptly named her Studio, "Hummingbird Hill Studio". And that has been the Name of the pace, and the Studio, ever since.

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You basically name a farm or house/land plot based on local fauna/flora. A local place around here is called "Cedar Farms", they had Cedar trees. It had a white wood fence around the homestead and a sign that said CEDAR FARMS. We still use the nomenclature today to talk about that place, sign long gone.

Other natural features also gets names, "Orvals Backbone" to describe a rocky cliff.

I say depends if you plan to market your provisions. People would probably choose another farm just based upon the name. Do I get my eggs from happy camper farms are hardship hills guy here? think most people would just assume you may be apt to be more negative. If it is something you just tell your friends, I think it is fine.

that being said every name I have came up with my girlfriend thinks is dumb. It is not easy.

Once upon a time there was an idea that when you named someone/something, you were giving it a future direction, not necessarily just a past or present idea. Whether or not you believe naming something can contribute to its future, I've seen a dog named after the devil never end up potty trained and a goat named Trouble be nothing but.

Maybe try "It's All Uphill From Here Acres"

What do you think of the name, "Seven Falls Farm"?

There are no falls anywhere near here. So people will be scratching their head over it and have to ask where the name comes from.

So do you like it or not? Form your opinion before reading further.



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OK, here's the inspiration behind the name. My DD love Asian cultures and is studying both Mandarin and Korean. Her first love was Japanese. DD's fave Japanese proverb is Nana korobi ya oki, fall down seven times, get up eight. It is their version of try, try again.

I think the name would be a small tribute to DD's interests and it fits my attitude on the farm. I'm always trying new things, learning new things, and often what I'm learning is how not to do something, or that there has to be a better way. As long as my education doesn't get too expensive, I'm rarely upset that things don't work out just perfect the first try.

Just today we were planting some apple trees. A life long Floridian came over to watch all the activity and proceeded to tell me apple trees won't do well here, the way I'm mulching them is wrong, etc. He might be right, but the U of F website and the fact that these same apple types are producing in Uganda tells me it is worth a try. So maybe I fall this time, maybe not. At $10 / tree, it isn't such an awful error if I never get a bright red apple out of the deal.

So that's why I like Seven Falls Farm, but I'm worried that on the 3047th time I explain the story, I might hate it. Your thoughts are most appreciated.

We named our place Cascabel Ranch. Cascabel is spanish for the rattle on a rattlesnake, and there are plenty of those around here.

I kind of like seven falls, but you do have to explain it. Are y'all white people or do you have Asian blood in the family?

My wife is Asian and something like that would be fun as she could say it in Mandarin and then in classic kung fu broken english. "Fall seven times. Get up eight". An elegant and exotic explanation in one sentence, despite her otherwise lack of Chinese accent or kung fu mastery
But if nobody is of asian blood it might get a little more tiresome answering questions after awhile.

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DW is Dutch/German/Cherokee and I am Scot/Tuscarora so that is like Asian...right?

Some might construe "Hardship Hills" as negative, but I would take is as hard-won or a place built on a shoestring. So, how about "Shoestring Farm"? I think it is completely up to the owner to find a name that fits them and their situation.

For me, when I bought my land a local said, "You bought Badger Beach!" The river had a large gravel bar for years in front of my place that was the local swimming beach. As the river changed course, the beach has eroded away, but the name "Badger Beach Ranch" has held on. Might need to change that some day to something more personal.

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I dont mean anything negative by the name "Hardship Hills", i love our little farm. Sometimes when we were living on our small lot before, i didnt think we would ever get here, over the past year weve had plenty of hardships. But thats life, thats how memories are made, thats how we become who we are. This area is poor, tobacco use to be the way everybody made their living, but those days are over now farms are dying. Theyre being split up and sold, or just being let go to waste. Myself i want no part of it, I dont think theres a true farm or farmer thats not went thur some hardships. Im sure we'll go thur more but thats how your know your a farmer. So.... i guess thats why i like the name Hardship Hills so much.

I let my husband name ours. Buck view ranch. Because our first goat was a buck and we have one of the best views....After we did the paper work and made it officially, it was brought to my attention that buck view sounds a lot like f you.....hmmm.. Thanks honey. In a laughing sense he decided if we buy a second ranch it'll buck ewe two. Lol...may want to get your wifes input

We drive by there all the time and I LOVE all their white vinyl fencing!

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We went with naming after a local feature, Silver Creek, which I really like, but if are serious about a commercial venture, make sure you file appropriate legal work to protect your name. Several similar named places have popped up recently...

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It came about because every time we made an improvement, someone would take a look around and say.......
this is da-- near a farm!

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We named our place "Murramarang". It is an Australian Aboriginal word with no known meaning (it was lost a long time ago)...but is also the name of a specail National Park in Australia that we love...

In Maine it means nothing to anyone but us....but my FIL created us a wonderful farm sign for Christmas that we will get up on the barn/garage once the snow melts (....which might be July 2016!)

I named the farm Uisge Ruithe which means flowing waters. It is scots gaelic which honours our ancestry as well as the fact that a good portion of this region was settledby the Scots

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My sister-in-law actually came up with a name for our place that stuck. "Lake Estate". She would say, "when are you going to the lake estate? Well, first off we have a pond, not a lake, and secondly our place would never be mistaken for an "estate." We like it!