We have several different projects going on in the backyard (as usual), and we are happy to report that things are going well. Ever since we have moved into the house (almost 4 years ago now), we have had this bunch of Iris plants that always have lots of green leaves, but no Iris flowers. We have maybe gotten one actual bloom each year -- until now. Finally, this year, the plants seem to be stepping up. It might have something to do with Jared clearing out all of the ivy from around the plants themselves and Kristina fertilizing them almost to the point of no return with organic fertilizer! Anyway, we have blooms and lots of them. This is only the first one, but as you can tell from the other photos, there are more to come...YIPPEE!
And, the peonies seem to be getting in on the action as well. Kristina has her hopes up that she actually gets some peony blooms this year. One plant has two promising buds as you can see from the photos. Again, Kristina has been fertilizing them as much as possible. Two of three bushes still look questionable, but at least one bush has TWO blooms. Kristina loves peonies and will take whatever she can get at this point.
And last but not least, the fruit is doing well. Kristina finally broke down and bought a strawberry pot this year and planted strawberry plants in it. And the berries are doing well. If only we can keep the squirrels at bay...that remains to be seen.
The Meyer Lemon Tree is doing well too -- it has TWO lemons on it and is doing quite well now that it is outside again. We moved into the house over the winter and it really doesn't like that. However, it is either that or death. It seemed to prefer life and is doing fairly well. We haven't had any lemons on it until this year. :)
Again note that these photos were taken with Kristina's Samsung Galaxy S4.
