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Dawn Bly
Our Feathered Allies, Black Australorps, Our Backyard Chicken of Choice
“So, why did you pick those pretty, black birds for your backyard chickens?” (We have been asked this multiple times.) Here are the...
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Dawn Bly
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Gooseberries are Great!
Gooseberries are an easy entry plant for edible landscaping. They provide necessary food for local pollinators and other creatures.
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Dawn Bly
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Hollyhocks in the Suburban Garden
Dear Lovely Assistant: In the realm of garden blooms, few flowers evoke a sense of nostalgia quite like hollyhocks. With their tall...
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Dawn Bly
- May 22
- 2 min
Picking a Chicken Coop
Why did we purchase and assemble an Eglu chicken coop when we could have made one ourselves from scratch, or purchased one locally? Good...
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Dawn Bly
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Delightful Daffodils
My Dear Lovely Assistant-- One of our signs that spring has really returned is when the daffodils bloom in abundance. You can literally...
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Dawn Bly
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Privacy fence or chainlink?
My Lovely Assistant-- Years ago we struggled with whether to install a wooden or plastic privacy fence or to go with a chain-link fence...
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Dawn Bly
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Meet the Team--The Rodent (Harry Potter, the Guinea Pig)
Some people wonder why we did not go the cat-and-dog-as-pets route when we moved here. Well, we originally planned to get another dog,...
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Dawn Bly
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Bringing Pickable Country Flowers into the Suburbs
Do you remember when you were a kid going someplace, perhaps your grandparents, and picking flowers or something from nature, and giving...
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Dawn Bly
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Chicken Run in Olathe, Part One
My very dear Lovely Assistant-- I asked you what you would like me to chronicle next, thinking that you would ask for something easy to...
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Dawn Bly
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Are You A Subscription Customer?
Some people skew toward being a U-Pick customer, and some skew toward a more traditional subscription model. Which are you? Ask yourself...
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Dawn Bly
- Jan 31
- 7 min
Grateful for Garlic--Part 1 (Fall to Winter)
My Very Dear Lovely Assistant: If there is one area of our lives where we have achieved sustainability, it is in growing garlic, which we...
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Dawn Bly
- Dec 2, 2022
- 5 min
Magnificent Munchable Mushrooms
My Dear Lovely Assistant: The flowers are done, the warm-weather veggie crowd has gone home, and the leaves are starting to turn brown....
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Dawn Bly
- Oct 1, 2022
- 4 min
Packing Away Plentiful Sweet Peppers
Preserving pweet peppers for a year's worth of eating.
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Dawn Bly
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Sassy, Succulent, Sweet Potatoes
They are not just for the Thanksgiving buffet, but for year-round use at this urban u-pick flower farm in Olathe, KS. My Dear Lovely...
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Dawn Bly
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
KEEPING YOUR FLOWERS OUT OF THE TRASH
So, you followed the care instructions that we gave you to the letter; your gorgeous flowers have lasted as long as they can, and they...
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Dawn Bly
- Mar 24, 2022
- 1 min
Why Are You Writing To The Lovely Assistant For Most Blogs??
Good question. A. The primary reason is moral support for the kiddo as she learns how to write. The kiddo has always struggled with...
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