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| TJinMT |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 08:21:06 AM
Hey you guys!
So I no longer live on a ranch (former owner of Liberty Oaks Ranch in TX- it was fairly small but it was mine!!), and after wanting to move here all my life, we have now been in Montana for 4 years. Thing is, we live in a residential neighborhood now in a smallish house and I'm trying to overtake every bit of yard that my two kids aren't actively using with gardens. And last year, my folks sold THEIR little ranch in Texas and moved into our same Billings neighborhood! SO...
My mom named their house "Thistle Cottage" and did the cutest sign (I'll have to take photos to post) to hang on their front porch rail. She's got a cottage garden in front and will be planting some thistle-looking type plants (cardoon and stuff) to emphasize the "thistle" part!
I recently cut some willow from the Big Horn mountains and used it to make some wattle-style arches and ladders as plant supports. And the darn stuff has started growing, as it was pushed down into the soil to stabilize it! I'm thinking about naming ours "Green Willow Place" or something like that... Place? House? Chalet? (haha...)
Has anyone else named their home? It sounds a little bit Jane Austen without the benefit of an actual extensive property in England... but I think fun?? Sort of puts down more roots... and sounds better than calling it "the green house" or by our actual address (which is boring).
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Anyone else? ~TJ
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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| countrygirl10 |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 10:34:14 PM
Candy - Thanks for giving me a chuckle! Great explanation!
I loved hearing about your breads. I get breads periodically from our local co-op and I love the Sundried Tomatoe Basil one!! Wish you were closer!!!!!
Ellen |
| Candy C. |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 4:29:47 PM
Ellen,
Dear husband, darling husband, d**n husband, depends on the situation! LOL!!
TJ,
I was/am doing everything BUT sourdough, never could get the hang of it. I had about 30 different types of breads, rolls and artisan breads on my "menu" each week. I actually worked very hard baking four days a week and selling two days a week. Some of the best sellers were the 100% Whole Wheat bread, Jalapeno Cheddar Artisan, Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Rolls, Black Pepper Asiago Cheese Rolls, and the Cinnamon Pecan Braid. I also made five or six different kinds of rye bread, including a killer Onion Rye, each week and those were always very popular. I usually took 55 to 60 loaves/packages of six rolls each week and sold them all. Ah, what fun it was! Sigh!
I was lucky when I was schooling for the Medical Transcription. I had inherited a little money from my dad and I was able to stay home and do the classwork online five days a week. It also helps that I don't have children! Hang in there, you will get the hang of it! :)
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
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| TJinMT |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 1:39:20 PM
Candy -
I never thought about selling bread, what a great idea! I've been doing sourdough bread for a few years for personal use, and my Grandma rants and raves about it, which makes me feel good!! I think we have similar laws in MT about commercial kitchens - what a pain. What kinds do you sell??
One of my friends, who lives on Vashon Island near Seattle now, told me about a gal who sold "subscriptions" to her organic farm... each month, customers would receive a different mix of herbs, veggies, maybe flowers too. I thought, how fun would that be!! The gal made some good money at it too, but I always figure that's SOMEONE ELSE, not me!
Re: the Med Trans thing - so the pay isn't that great, huh? That's not good!! Honestly I got into the thing without knowing much about it. I'm doing Adult Ed downtown, it's the MedCertify program, all self-paced... I'm floundering rather desperately in Anatomy & Physiology. Just do NOT have time to study. Is there alot involved in startup, as far as equipment etc?
Thanks!!!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| countrygirl10 |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 1:05:08 PM
Candy -
Thank you. We really have enjoyed it! And it also became the name of our business. At that time my husband did woodcarving and I did leatherwork.
I think the Lazy J Bar C is a great way to go!
Also, I know this shows my ignorance but the initials you use that I believe is for your husband and I've seen others use it is DH. Does that stand for Darling Husband! 
Ellen
Yonder Ridge |
| Candy C. |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 11:44:21 AM
TJ,
I went to school online for six months in 2007 and have been working since the beginning of 2008. I really do like the job and I like being able to work from home. I work for a really great company, we do clinic work so no weekends or holidays and the doctors that I transcribe for are REALLY easy!! The only thing I don't like is the pay, seems this field doesn't pay what it used to. I suppose because of the offshoring to India, etc.
I sell mostly produce at the Farmers Market and eggs, goat cheese, gourmet baking mixes, layered soup mixes in jars, and I take orders for home baked bread. Last year, I had quite a good business going selling bread at two different Farmers Markets. Then, after I had quit my job because I was doing so well, the Health Dept. came around and said "Oh, we're sorry, we were wrong when we said you could bake at home and sell at the Farmers Market." They want it to be done in a commercial kitchen here in AZ but as long as I am just delivering orders and not "actively" selling at the Market, it is okay. I have customers with standing orders for bread!
Hope your studies are going well! If you have any questions that you think I could answer, please give me a shout!
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. |
| TJinMT |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 10:17:37 AM
Candy - man, I like your attitude! Go get 'em girl!!! grin!!! I'm like that too - I think about it and then WHAM-BAM it's getting done. That makes my DH kinda crazy (grin again).
I'd LOVE to participate in a Farmer's Market, and hope to with my new greenhouse starting heavy production next Spring. What all do you guys sell there??
You've been training to do medical transcription, or actually doing it already? I've been training since January and sure thought I'd be done by Christmas - HA! NOT! Do you like it????
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| Candy C. |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 09:12:11 AM
TJ,
I had asked DH and he liked the Lazy J Bar C Farm too, so that is what we are going with. I made up some business cards to start handing out at the Farmers Market listing all the "stuff" available at the Lazy J Bar C Farm. The Market will be closing at the end of October and I want to "winter over" some of my customers if possible. I also put DH on the cards and listed Leather Goods and Handmade Horse Tack as available items!
On a different note, did I see where you are training to be a Medical Transcriptionist? I have been doing that since the beginning of 2008! :)
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. |
| TJinMT |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 06:42:40 AM
Candy - I'd go for the Lazy J Bar C Farm - if you like it - it's supportive of your hubby's side business, and fun to boot!!
Have you looked into getting ya'lls brand officially registered? Each state has a Brand Registry... I don't know much about it, but I know you "can" do that. Then it's officially YOURS! Neat Christmas present for your guy, maybe?!
My brand with the little ranch I used to own in Texas (Liberty Oaks Ranch) was the Flying T. I had some branding irons made up, even a few tiny ones, and branded some of my tack and stuff. I felt quite ranchy. (grin)
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| kathyjane |
Posted - Sep 23 2010 : 11:15:22 PM
I live on the farm my Grandma bought back in the 50's. Grandpa came home from work one day and Grandma had purchased a farm with 38 acres and a small house, therefor I call my house "Grandma Cottage."
kathyjane |
| Candy C. |
Posted - Sep 23 2010 : 9:58:50 PM
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Originally posted by countrygirl10
Hi-
I live on a 21 acre place in Northern Calif rural county. Because we live on a ridge we called it Yonder Ridge! Then when someone in town asked where we lived we could say on Yonder Ridge!!!
Ellen
Oh Ellen, that is TOO funny!
DH has a little side business of buying and selling horses and tack and he calls it Lazy J Bar C Enterprises, he even has a "brand" that he can use. I had him a belt buckle made with his brand on it last year for his birthday. I have been just today thinking about calling our place Lazy J Bar C Farm or Burro Lane Acres (we live on Burro Lane). What do ya'll think?
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. |
| TJinMT |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 06:21:25 AM
I love all you guys' ideas!!!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| countrygirl10 |
Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 9:41:39 PM
Hi-
I live on a 21 acre place in Northern Calif rural county. Because we live on a ridge we called it Yonder Ridge! Then when someone in town asked where we lived we could say on Yonder Ridge!!!
I loved all the names listed. I like Green Willow Place TJ! It sounds really nice. I think if I ever was to move back to town (not my first choice)I would name my house there also!
Ellen |
| joanned23 |
Posted - Sep 17 2010 : 2:40:01 PM
I just bought a house in a small town in Southern Idaho. I'm thinking of calling it "Innisfree" after the Yeats poem, because it is a place of simple peace for me...
Joanne from Jerome |
| Annika |
Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 08:51:25 AM
Our little maufactured home-of-the-moment (we are thinking of moving some day) has been be-named "Windholme" because it is a little "island" on a smallish rise in the midst of a lot of wheat fields and is a protection against the Palouse winds =) I always name homes.....cars and such too =)
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| shawna |
Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 08:20:42 AM
I keep telling my hubby that we should name our place BS Farms~ his name is ben and mine shawna-with 5 kids and all the crazy stuff that goes on it seems to fit! he's not sold on it yet!-) our road is sale barn rd and we live on the corner with 5 acres---any good ideas?! |
| TJinMT |
Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 06:44:10 AM
What a great idea, Rosa!! And how gratifying for your kids, wouldn't that feel just lovely to have places named after you?!
Thanks for that idea!!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| livabelle |
Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 04:22:51 AM
I was reading all the posts on names and I am new to the forums but, my folks needed a name for their farm when they got their organic certification and I did a spin on my childerns names since I have no siblings it works-livabelle acres and my husband and I now have 2 acres and did the intials of our now three childern RIO acres, we played with the order it make it sound good. I just thought I would give you a differnt spin because if you would happen to move a gain the names or spin of names you can take with you.
Rosa |
| TJinMT |
Posted - Aug 31 2010 : 07:20:01 AM
I love all you gals' ideas!! There just seems to be something empowering about naming our home. We're making a mark, establishing something. It's like we're marrying our property, or claiming it much more so than just printing it's physical address on our return address labels! It's saying, "This land (or home) is MY home, it has a stamp of my personality, it is a place that I love!"
When I was growing up we moved quite a bit - South Carolina back to Oregon to Texas, and all around in those states. We referred to the houses by their color, "the blue house" or "the green house in Kirby" or whatever. All that migrating left me with a deep desire for a place that would always be "HOME". Somehow now, naming our little 1959 rancher on a shady Billings neighborhood street "Green Willow Place" makes the idea of HOME feel much closer!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| Homekeepn |
Posted - Aug 31 2010 : 06:22:29 AM
I would like to name our future dream homestead either "Back in Thyme Farm" or "Primitive Thymes Farms". These names are based on the reason that my hubby and I would like to open up a farmers market/health food/primitive decor shop. We also have talked about growing and selling Christmas trees on our dream farm. Selling veggies in the summer and fall then trees and wreaths at Christmas time. Since I love to decorate in the primitive style I would love to have a prim shop year round with the health foods.
Cathy |
| Wormie |
Posted - Aug 26 2010 : 8:28:03 PM
A friend of mine named her place 'Shedding Hill Farm"...she's got dogs n' cats. Mine is called "Wormie's Woods"....lots of trees and critters. |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Aug 25 2010 : 10:23:23 PM
Well, my 97 yr old farmhouse is named Dorothy after the woman who lived here the longest--55 years--and painted everything pink, except the beautiful wood in the living room and dining room.
We've changed almost all of that pink to something else but the upstairs bathroom is still PINK.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 25 2010 : 4:16:22 PM
I love TJ of Green Willow Place! Yes, it sounds better than House. I wouldn't name the greenhouse unless you plan on living there. And with children, I could see the upside to living in the greenhouse!
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
| TJinMT |
Posted - Aug 25 2010 : 3:44:43 PM
You guys have such neat ideas!!! I'm gonna go with "Green Willow Place" instead of Green Willow House, since I now have a greenHOUSE in the back (!!!!!)... but that leads to, do I name the greenhouse? I'm thinking of calling it, "She's In The" Greenhouse as in the answer to, "Where's Mom?"
~TJ
~TJ of Green Willow Place
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 25 2010 : 3:18:09 PM
I've always wanted to get some acreage and plant lots of berry bushes along the drive. I would then call the place Brambles.
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
| Mary Ann Newcomer |
Posted - Aug 25 2010 : 10:17:52 AM
I think naming one's place is a great idea and know lots of folks in the US who have done just that. Including yours truly. I live in Boise Idaho, in a 1959 ranch house. Boise is known as the city of trees and supposedly when the fur traders came upon the place, someone shouted "LES BOIS! LES BOIS!" (the woods the trees?) I couldn't help my self so I named this place "Ranch du Bois." Its a play on Blanche du Bois from the play, A Streetcar Named Desire. Corny? Yes. But who cares! I know a good many garden bloggers have named their gardens and properties: Wits End, May Dreams Gardens, Helen's Haven, Faire Garden.
I say go for it.
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
www.gardensofthewildwildwestcom |
