April 20 - 21: The Yellow Flag Irises start to bloom . . .
Read MoreThe Yellow Flag Irises in the center of my front yard were given to me by my friend, Heather, in 2012. Idiot me, not knowing what to do with these unknown "mystery bulbs," planted them in the back yard next to my new patio thinking that having some flowers in that space would look great. The problem was that I failed to take into account the fact that these bulbs need sunlight. I moved them into the front yard in the summer of 2014. They finally bloomed in the spring of 2015, three years after I first planted them. Now that I've figured this whole "sunlight" process out, I look forward to seeing them bloom each spring.