A New Name!

The farm has a new name! June’s Corner Garden is now Bethel Springs Farm!

We started thinking about a new name last winter, after we moved to Rickreall. There were a few reasons, one was that June’s Corner Garden was based on our previous location on Sauvie Island. Our corner lot had originally belonged to Steven’s grandmother, June, and when we first moved in, she still lived in the house across the street from us. It was a (relatively) small piece of land, so the term garden was very appropriate. Though we could have kept using the name, as we did last year, the farm/market garden on Sauvie Island was my baby. Out here in Rickreall, this would be Steven’s, too, and it is bigger. I think we can really call it a farm now.

It has taken us a year, but we finally came up with the name Bethel Springs Farm. The area we are located in is known as Bethel. Across the street from us is the Bethel Cemetary and down the road is the Bethel Church. Bethel is a name that is often used for churches, since it means ” house of god.” I think that works, too. When I look around me, out on the farm, I definitely think God is present on the earth.

As for the Spring part of the name, we discovered this past rainy February, that we have seasonal springs! They  are located in the wettest areas of the farm and they don’t last long, but the water bubbles up out of the ground.

Farm, of course , is self explanatory.

Jonas, our nephew who stayed with us for a good part of 2012, is making a logo for us. Here it is, all the parts together in a composition:

A composite of the Bethel Springs Farm logo pictures.

So, there it is. June’s Corner Garden is now Bethel Springs Farm. Almost all of the official changes have been made (state registration, bank, etc), but I am still working on the smaller changes (bags, e-mail, blog, etc.) With where we are in the season, it may take some time for everything to change over. In any case, we welcome you to Bethel Springs Farm!