I Like Thursday 4/23

 Thank you to Leeanne of Not Afraid of Color for reminding me to notice things I like. 

I like seeing my chickens in the backyard.

I like when a hen gets broody and we can get baby chicks!
After dark we replace the eggs with day-old chicks. Momma hen is so happy the next morning.

I like going on an evening walk down the road. 
We never know who we might happen to meet.

I like these gals...
Elenore, Twinkle, Pip, Pauline, Foxy,
Fancy-like, Doily, Ruby-Jean, Jolene,
Dominique, and her two babies who don't have names yet. 

I like Buff Kitty.

I like... nope... bad Buff-kitty!

I like watching my seeds become plants.

I like seeing the trees turn pink and purple and green!

I like putting my onion sets in the ground and covering them up with soil.

I like first signs of spring.

I like getting the soil ready to become a garden.

LeeAnne gave several other prompts to think about. 
Here are a few quick answers to them:

Do you like spring flowers?

I love flowers that return each year.  Lining our backyard and our driveway, we have daffodils in March and irises in April. In may we enjoy the dogwood blooms in the woods behind our backyard. (June used to be for lilies, but the moles and I have battled... the moles won.)

Do you plant a vegetable garden or pots of herbs? What are your favorites to plant?

I love my vegetable garden.  I find it very satisfying to grow my own tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, jalapenos, onions, okra, and herbs. 

Do you like spring flowers?

I do plant some cucumbers and okra in advance.  I have great sunlight in an upstairs bedroom window.  It's kind of my greenhouse. I buy onion sets, pepper plants, and tomato plants.  I buy herb starts, although I did keep some alive inside all winter.

Is your garden in raised beds, patio pots, or in the ground?

My main garden is in the ground.  It's 13'x 20'.  I also have 20 cow-feed barrels that serve like raised beds and each hold a tomato plant, a pepper plant, or onions. And, I have many large pots to grow things on my back deck.  Everything has to be enclosed with wire fencing.  My deer are beautiful to see, but they are not trustworthy to stay out of my garden.