People who have been on our Iris Forums for awhile will recognize this picture and understand what it represents.
For the newbies -- my secondary Iris bed (Iris Lane being primary) is located alongside the fence surrounding my riding arena. It was my very first Iris bed when we moved here from Chicago in 1985. For quite a few years, I kept it cleared and in good order. Life events came into play and I lost control of the Bermuda Grass, which grew from the lawn nearby and engulfed the garden area.
Four years ago I decided to resurrect the area and began to dig up the fenceline bed, eight-foot sections -- one at a time. As I've done this, I've cleared the Bermuda Grass and other weeds, added soil to each section and planted Irises there. I expected to finish the project last year, but back problems limited the amount of work that I could do -- and I ended up with one section left, the worst section.
Here's a picture of the final section before I began to work on it.
And here's a picture of the thirteen 8-foot sections that have been cleared and restored.
Progress pictures to follow.
