Front garden and Jalapenos

So, I noticed that I don't think that I ever posted on our progress in the front yard. WOW.

We finally pulled up the Monkey Grass that was in the front yard. They were bigger then your head, REALLY, Huge! My brother came over one weekend and Robert and he pulled them up.

Then, we planted Hibicus and Caladium bulbs. It took the Caladiums a month or two to grow, but finally are looking good. As I was pulling out the drive way this morning I took a moment to enjoy the front yard and took a couple of pictures.

This is a weeks worth of Jalapenos... I'm taking them to work to hand out because 1.) they don't go with a low fat bland diet, 2.) Robert's out of town and won't enjoy them for a couple of weeks and we will have more by the time he gets home. I also need to chop done the basil while he's gone.

Busy, Busy

We have the Camp Rosales Garage Sale this weekend, so not much gardening is going to happen. Although, I'm thinking about asking Robert for some Hibiscus plants for Mother's Day for the front yard.

We currently have 4-5 monkey grass plants in the front yard that are each bigger then your head. They are HUGE!! We really don't like the way they look and they take up a lot of room. We want to pull those up, put them somewhere else (who knows where that will be) and put Hibiscus plants there.

A couple of years ago I pulled one of the Monkey Grass plants out of the front and put it around our front tree. It took a while to get the plant out of the ground, then I somehow cut it into 4 parts. It looks good now, but wow it was a challenge.

Irises

Most of our Dutch Irises have bloomed. I took pictures on my way out the driveway today.

I hope they stay longer then a week this time.

My favorite color in irises is purple, Tarleton Pride I guess. We have one purple this year. LOL, that's funny to me for some reason. I know that the pH in the dirt can create different colors, maybe I need to figure out how to make them all purple for next year. We have a lot of yellows and 1 white peeking through.

Our pansies are starting to fade away, probably time to dig them up.