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- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:26:25 -0400
What is your goal in a name? Is it easy
name recognition/remembrance? Or is it to send a message? “Beth’s Garden” would be
a much better marketing name than “Rehoboth Homestead”. I wanted a
Biblical name for several reasons, and picked “Rehoboth”. I chose “ Beth Spaugh Rehoboth Homestead "How we eat determines, to a
considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any
notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of jjburroughs AT msn.com In trying to name our farm, we've created dozens of lists,
then crossed them all out again; thought we'd settled on something, tried it
out, then the next felt it was too cheezy. Can anyone give insight into how you
named your places? We could really use some inspiration.
The one peice of equipment that we will not do without is
our waterwheel transplanter, it has saved us so much time that you really can't
put a price on it. Our small greenhouse, 24 by 36, has enabled us to
start all of our transplants all season long, about 80,000 a year but not all
at once. We start it up in late Febuary with our early starts and we are
still starting flats this week for fall sales. A hoop building works
good for some early stuff at the first part of the markets when no one
else has some of these crops. We use our building for early lettuce
beds and spinach, chard,beets,radishes,and the list goes on for early May
sales at farmers markets. Did potatoes this year, worked pretty good but
a couple of other vendors did the same so the price wasn't quite as good. After 30 years in the business i think our single biggest
problem is still handling weeds. It is one problem that has always been
around this place and I really haven't solved the problem. A year
like this one where it rained every day of the week for 3 months weed really
have done well. We use no chemicals for weeds and I'm about to give in to
using them, we have too many messes this year. Now our ground is so hard
that it will take a good freeze to get it workable, it has not rained for
almost two months. Drip is working overtime to keep things a going. Phil from
It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. |
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Re: [Market-farming] Fun thoughts,
SaladG, 08/22/2008
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[Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
jjburroughs, 08/22/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Beth Spaugh, 08/22/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens..., Marcy, 08/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens..., jjburroughs, 08/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens..., Wiediger, Alison, 08/25/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Roni, 08/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Garth & Kim Travis, 08/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Kate Halstead, 08/24/2008
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[Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Marie Kamphefner, 08/25/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Robin Follette, 08/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens..., Robin Follette, 08/25/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Robin Follette, 08/25/2008
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[Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Marie Kamphefner, 08/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens..., Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland, 08/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Kate Halstead, 08/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Garth & Kim Travis, 08/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
Beth Spaugh, 08/22/2008
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[Market-farming] Naming the gardens...,
jjburroughs, 08/22/2008
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