Blackberry bushes

We moved in a year ago now and the front tree came with the house.  Now however there is a blackberry bush, vine, something, growing under it.  Blackberries frankly grow on a glorified groundcover.  They sometimes get a little height on them but more often they need something to grow on so they have support to go vertical. Back home, southeast Texas, they grew everywhere but mainly along fences where they had the support of the chain link fences typically used.

Unfortunately another of the plants trying to grow up near the tree they planted is another tree with some wicked thorns on it.  Not sure really what it is (was hopefully) but I pulled it up as best I could with a plumber's wrench.  Better to grip the thorny trunk with.  Will see if the thorny tree tries to come back and will also see if the blackberry bush ends up making any berries.  As you can see, there are already flowers growing on it but the rain and high winds we've been having might just prevent all that from coming to anything.

The day lilies are springing back way better than expected at least.  Wasn't sure if some of them we repotted into the large pot of dirt were even going to survive but they're the best ones so far.  No flowers yet but the greenery is off the charts.

Hoping to get some raised beds put in some time soon as well as an herb area.  Might be in the raised beds and might not.  Wil see after I put together a yard plan.  Not going to go the route of the haphazard way I did it last time.  Such a sprawling mess and not maintainable.

Other of note in the yard:  The green onions are flowering but not unexpected.  The rosemary was unfortunately a casualty of the winter weather as was the pineapple plants that had gotten so big over the summer and fall.