May 21 and 22

Off for the next week, so digging moats and clearing the raised bed area.

Everywhere I have lived as an adult, I have taken descendents of the iris that my grandma had along her driveway.  I have dug them up and carried them across the state, then across the country.  They have lived along my driveway, in my yard, in pots on a balcony, and in planters on a shaded patio.

When we moved here, there was a ceramic pot that matches our Celtic cross for the garden, so the iris are there, and blooming as of yesterday.

I'm seeing lots of these little guys.

May 11 - around the ground

First, these are iris that originally came from my Grandma's yard in Snover, MI.  Those iris are long gone, but every place I have lived, I have dug some up and taken them with me.

Next, this is an iris from the beds that were already here, that sit in front of the fence and current "raised beds" (unused)

Baby pears!  (with the current track record, I'm not hopeful)

and a photo of the orchard.

Accomplished today - water all fruit trees not hooked up to irrigation - took the loop hoe to the entire orchard and raked part of "row one"