But as Trishcuit said don't they get nitrogen from the air?

Between the strawberry prob you had (which, they are starting to look great btw) and this, I really think you should have the pH of that soil checked. That could be what is causing the nutrient uptake issues with your plants.

We have pretty alkaline water, not sure how much that matters, but its about PH 8. Could that be raising the PH? I may need to get it checked.

This is new soil and I'm thinking it may just need more time to establish. It may not have been the best soil because the landscaper got it for us... probably bargain stuff.... :/

But anyways I had some Vitamin B-1 or something for planting new plants to help their root development that I won from a nursery class and it had like 0.125% chelated iron so I gave them a bit of that today.

The stuff you are seeing is the compost I am using to "side dress" the plants (I thought this would give the plants more nutrients...). The real soil is underneath - and you can see it if you look closest to the plants.

I'll try giving them more compost tea...

Regarding the tap water, it may have some effect over time, but most of us are in the same boat there. My tap comes in at over 9.0. I would think the acidic rain would counter most of that though. I do sometimes use a hose end sprayer with distilled white wine vinegar in it to lower the pH of my tap, but I have'nt noticed much difference when doing this. The effects of the vinegar are also very temporary, as it is not a great buffer, so the pH will just rebound anyway.