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Garden Gate:  Naming Your Home  |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 08:21:06 AM
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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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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
1735 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 10:10:31 AM
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I know a woman who named her house Morningside Gardens, cause she likes her morning coffee by the garden. Maybe you could go with Green Willow Garden?
Farmgirl Sister #1438
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 10:25:09 AM
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I lived in England for several years, and many homes, even the most modest, had names. I lived in Trehane Cottage, of Trevalga Farm. We call our little Arts and Crafts Bungalow, "Lynch Cottage" on invitations and things of that sort....I've not made a sign or anything, but I might :)
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 11:18:10 AM
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Oh, Angela, I LOVE Green Willow Garden!!
Now my only issue will be, getting The Mister to agree... maybe I'll just "do" a neat little sign and hang it. They say it's always easier to get forgiveness than permission! (grin) You just can't get these Wyoming cowboys to think that they need anything "twee". He's still annoyed at my Mary Jane's Farmgirl bumper sticker!! grin...
~TJ of Green Willow Garden
(not exactly the same visual as Anne of Avonlea, but still!)
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 11:19:12 AM
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PS - Alee, I'd love to help you make one! I'm by no means an expert but it was pretty easy, with some jute twine and sharp clippers!!
~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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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 12:10:31 PM
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Yeah, Sarah, I'd go back in a heartbeat...
I think, given the name of our daughter, and our hillside full of Violet's in the Springtime (and the fact that we make and sell Violet Jelly), I might have to come up with something with "Violet" in the name :)
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 12:45:46 PM
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How about "Green Willow Palace" kinda a play on the famous "Cow Palace", and yes willow cuttings will grow anywhere,lol...
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 2:23:54 PM
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Yeah I may regret having let these willow whips start - we may be completely hidden from the street within 2-3 years! At which point I'll just re-post the sign out at our driveway, grin...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
3259 Posts
Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 06:13:02 AM
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I think it is a wonderful idea to name your home- whatever "home" may be.. how sweet is that? Imagine walking down the street and reading all of the different names of your neighbors homes- much more interesting and personalized then just the plain old "house number" that was already assigned when you moved in!
Now you have my wheels turning....
Smiles,
Laurie
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
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wncmtnmama
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
Marilyn
Asheville
NC
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 10:50:33 AM
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You wouldn't have to read the name on my house - you could tell as soon as you drove by - - - "CAMP RUN-A-MUCK".
Marilyn |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 7:09:23 PM
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hahaha! Marilyn, that's funny!
Ok so when we first moved here 3 years ago, I wanted to call our little 5acre parcel, "Lavender Grace Farm"...then as time progressesd(2nd year), we planted an Oak tree...symbolic of our roots back in California...and were going to call our place "3 Oaks Farm" to represent, Hubby, daughter & me....but another year escacped us & we kept pouring $$$ into irrigation, soil, plants, gopher traps etc...Now I am thinking about naming it..."Laughing (insert picture of a Mule/Jack***)Ranch"! because at this point, ya just gotta laugh at all the money we have spent trying to get this place in shape! lololol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 06:56:04 AM
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The name of my place is "Somewhere in Thyme". I just wish I could live on a road with a name. I have friends that live in CO on Lone Elk Road, in CA that live on Rock Bluff Road. Me? I live on County Road 1250. How dull is that?
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 2:17:52 PM
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Belle (I love your nickname btw), it could be worse! Shortly after I moved away from very rural County Road 200 near Winchester, Texas - they renamed it Greasy Bend Road. Not GRASSY Bend, GREASY Bend. Hello? Who thought of THAT one??
~TJ
~TJ of Green Willow House
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Marlies Schmitt
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
Marlies
Nampa
Idaho
USA
36 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 3:52:37 PM
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I love all the names you are coming up with. I have one that beats greasy road! Just down the street from us is Chicken Dinner Road!
We have five weeping willows on our property and I love them. So I wanted to name our place The Willows (not real original - but I liked it). But because my husband makes wine from a neighbors grape he calls it Duck Lane Winery, since we live on Duck Lane. I'd still like to call it The Willows, think I should just sneak a little sign in?
Duck Lane Winery |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 7:48:06 PM
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I lived in Scotland for several years and any home more that 20 years old had a name. I had a friend with two small children that bought a 300 hr old farm house. She thought it was hysterical that the House was named Netherton of Balquahine. For those of you that don't speak Gaelic the second word is pronounced- Bal-Whine. She said the name was perfect for her kids. I have always wanted to love a house enough to name it but I am very unhappy here so haven't bothered. Someday soon I will have a house I want to name.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2010 : 09:05:48 AM
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Beth - I used to live near Austin and went to Houston alot - I feel for you! That is one intensely-populated city. After Scotland, it must have been quite an adjustment!! I LOVE Balquahine, I've got some of those small children too!!! grin
Marlies - how about The Willows Winery on Duck Lane? Kinda long. Duck Willow Wine. Hmm. My Dad's Organic Gardening magazine (I think) had a reference to a place called Weeping Duck Farm (there was a story behind it). Yeah you're kind of stuck!
~TJ
~TJ of Green Willow House
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2010 : 1:22:22 PM
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I call our spread Rabbit Hill" after the childrens book of the same name. I love that book and Our house is on a small hill and there are tons of rabbits. They can have the yard. My garden is fenced in with 3 sized fences. Rabbit fencing, smaller diameter fence and even smaller diameter fence. It works great IF you don't leave the gate open. Bonnie
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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Karen Olson
True Blue Farmgirl
60 Posts
Karen
Racine
WI
USA
60 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2010 : 7:31:59 PM
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We call our place Spring Hill after my husbands grandfathers creamery. It is 16 acres of beautiful wooded land with beautiful birds and wildlife. We are truly blessed!
Karen O.
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2010 : 10:44:27 AM
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Marlies,
I know right where Chicken Dinner Road is.... I have been trying to come up with a name for my garden, but it seems to suit to make a name for the whole place. Lazy Dawg comes to mind, cos I have two of them, Bubby Moo Farm, cos thats the dog that runs the house, yes, I am ashamed, as is my dog trainer. Wild Woman Gardens, cos , well I am... I'll have to think up something nicer....
Kim
Farmgirl Sister # 302 |
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CCChristen
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Cynthia
Lockwood
CA
USA
180 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2010 : 07:54:51 AM
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We have named out future home in progress The Line Shack and our Ranch is The 80, we started with 80 acreas.
Theres somthing about nameing whats yours.
It just makes me happy.
Line Shack Farmgirl #1570
Cynthia
Happy Trails |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Aug 21 2010 : 09:45:24 AM
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I should name my home "Rose Cottage" lol Rose is also PINK in Dutch ;)only written with a Z, so ROZE COTTAGE would be nice haha. Just ...I don't live in a cottage duh...but the idea is cute so who knows ;)...one day
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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Ms. Hannigan
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
Shari
Middle
TN
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2010 : 02:13:22 AM
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The Unofficial name of our place is "Gilead Farms" from the hymn, "There is a Balm in Gilead." It seemed to fit when we bought the place, since its on top of a hill, but I feel a little odd calling it that outloud, so it's more of an "in my head" name.
...some women are drippin' with diamonds... some women are drippin' with pearls... look at me, lucky me, the only thing I'm drippin' with is... little girls...
Farmgirl #1158
blog: http://www.lifegetsmessy.com
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