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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Naming the gardens...
  • Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:07:59 -0400


On Aug 22, 2008, at 9:45 PM, <jjburroughs AT msn.com> wrote:

<x-tad-smaller>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.</x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller> Jaime, in sunny CA</x-tad-smaller>

I considered a name that would have meant nothing, without explanation, to anybody but me and a few friends; but decided I might have to keep explaining it to people, and that this would be a nuisance.

I considered the name of the hill that it's on; but there are a lot of farms on this hillside, and the name of the hill, while it does have one, isn't generally used.

The only name the place seemed to have been known by before I bought it was the name of the previous owners, which wasn't distinctive: "the Smith place". My last name isn't particularly distinctive, either; and I didn't feel like using my first name for the farm's name. Also, whoever has it after me will probably have a different name.

So, this is the last place on a dead end road. Dead End Farm obviously wouldn't work; but I like Road's End Farm. (Depending on my mood, this can get amplified: Road's End Farm, no need to go farther; or sometimes, Road's End Farm: the road starts here, too.)

Look around at your farm. Is there something specific about it that you can use for a name? (Of course, you may already have lots of such things on your lists.)

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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