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Place Profile by Rachael
Cochrane
LOCATION:
My Yard!
In Farmington, MN
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Hi, My name is Rachael Cochrane (you probably gathered that from the last page!)
My place profile is actually my yard- which is like a giant garden… and also my greenhouse where I grow over 1,000 plants each year!
I love gardening and growing things- and this is why…
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown
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Can you see the cardinal on the fence?
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So many weeds,
so little thyme…
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Bird house made
from recycled
wooden
pallets and fallen
Birch trees…
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Strawberries in a raised bed.
This type of bed allows for
better drainage…
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Organically grown
Asparagus stretching
out to the sky…
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Dwarf apple trees
set fruit years earlier
than full size trees
and are perfect for
small yards! Don’t
forget, 2 or more for
better crops!
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Grapevine
beginning to
bud out.
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In early spring,
the heavy
sweet scent of
cherry
blossoms fills
the air.
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Beautiful hyacinths
also perfume the air
in a bed filled with mulch
made out of leaves from
the previous year.
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Close up you can
see the beautiful pink
streaking and individual
bell shaped flowers that
attract many beneficial
insects.
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Irish moss growing in the
cracks of a brick path
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Beauty can be seen
even in a “weed.”
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Garlic Chives
grow freely
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Honeysuckle
vines glisten
after a rain
shower.
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Serviceberry
bushes have
fruit similar to a
blueberry with
intense flavor.
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A vibrant
cranberry bush
makes an
excellent hedge.
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A violet growing wild
beside our house…
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We split our own wood
and heat our house in the
Spring/Fall and use it for
supplemental heat in the
winter as well.
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Even our cat loves it
out in the yard- or on
the driveway.
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Wow, that was all just the
backyard! Now onto the
front yard! This is a side
view of our garage.
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First though-
one of our
hobbies…
Volkswagens!!
1968 VW
Beetle
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Back to the front
yard… solar
powered lights!
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Bright colored Spirea
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Bunny visiting last spring
Wait a minute!!...
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What the heck!? That’s a four-eared
bunny! Makes you wonder what could
cause this mutation… It’s reminiscent
of frogs with two heads, and fish with
two tails- weird & sad!
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Off to the greenhouse!
I grow all of my plants in
a pop-up solar structure.
I then sell these
organically
grown plants each spring
to neighbors, friends, and
anyone passing by!
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Heirloom variety
Tomato
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Chamomile & Asters
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Colorful young
Coleus!
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Pumpkin
Sprouts!
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Thanks for stopping by, but before you go-
A couple of sayings about gardening…
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she
laughs with a harvest. ~Douglas William Jerrold, about Australia,
A Land of Plenty
The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a
garden than anywhere else on
earth. ~Dorothy Frances Gurney,
"Garden Thoughts“
God made rainy days so
gardeners could get the
housework done. ~Author
Unknown