What's your favorite farm name?

[California]

I'm going to run this by you guys. I hope it gets a better reception than it did from my kids who gave me that "oh Dad" look.

This old apple orchard is now surrounded by pretentious and wealthy, some world-class wealthy, new landowners who built mansions and planted premium vineyards for ambiance and boasting rights. Meanwhile my apples still go to Martinelli Sparkling Cider and I sure don't get $2700/ton like the Pinot Noir (winegrape) growers so this will always be a shoestring operation.

Just to amuse my family I'm toying with the idea of a pretentious trademark for my little ranch. Since I have a windmill and water tower this seems like a natural theme.
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This area was once Mexico's; Spanish is as traditional as English and the two have been blended for 160 years. (For example nearly every city name is Spanish.) I think 'Finca The Windmill' has just the ambiance, elegance, the mix of traditional California farming and Traditional Real Old California that I want to portray. I put it on a couple dozen jars of wild blackberry jam I made and gave to relatives at Christmas. But my kids just rolled their eyes.

Any comments?

 

[jinman]

I think 'Finca The Windmill' has just the ambiance, elegance, the mix of traditional California farming and Traditional Real Old California that I want to portray.

Since you started the name with a spanish word. I'd think "Finca de Windmill" has a better flow. Just my opinion....

Of course, if you want to really get "in their faces" you could name it "Finca Off!" or something similar.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Up north of me on the edge of Oakfield is a very large farm called My-T acres. I have always liked that name

 

[ToadHill]

Robert: I used to live next to one of the MyT acres properties. They are the largest landowner in GENESSE county.

 

[MotorSeven]

We named our place "Buckskin Flats Farm". In this karst ridge region, 21 ac of flat pasture is hard to come by. So far, we managed to buy 2 Clydesdale colts......neither a buckskin, so we are still lookin.......The wife says, we may have to rename...."Clydesdale CreekFarm". However, we do have a buckskin colored pigmy goat, so that will have to do for now............

RD

 

[Cliff_Johns]

My wife's aunt had a ranch called "Back Acres" which I would guess is pretty common since there's so much truth in it.

Cliff

 

[kossetx]

I enjoyed this, especially Jim's find.

On hwy6 just east of Hearne, TX is the Wild A s s Ranch. Guess what they supply.

My place is called the Ruby Ranch because we got it from a lady named Ruby.

But my all time favorite is just a stones throw from me. Encantado. The sign is about 10' wide on a stone fence. In spanish it refers to the the place of peace, or the peacefull place.

 

[California]

Since you started the name with a spanish word. I'd think "Finca de Windmill" has a better flow. Just my opinion....

Thanks for the comments! Long ago, I lived in South America for a couple of years. 'Finca The Windmill' seems to my ear what someone who speaks solely Spanish might choose for a made-up name. But the universal reaction from my kids and guests confirms that your version is the more correct Spanish/English as we hear it in the southwest.

Of course, if you want to really get "in their faces" you could name it "Finca Off!" or something similar.

You must know some of my relatives.

 

[CurlyDave]

When we were trying to name our place, I remembered a newspaper article from years ago.

It seems that mapmakers are trying to erase some of the more colorful names of California ghost towns, and I wanted to try to preserve one.

I suggested "Naughty Girl Flat" (a real town name), but my wife put her foot down forcefully on that one.

 

[PhilNH5]

Vermont must have some sort of state recognition program for farms. You occasionally see a farm with an official looking placard that says "Farm of Distinction"

Near my camp is a farm with a coarse hand painted replica that proclaims "Dairy of Extinction"

Phil