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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...

Dawn Bly
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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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...

Dawn Bly
Mar 23, 20232 min read
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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...

Dawn Bly
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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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...

Dawn Bly
Jan 31, 20237 min read
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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....

Dawn Bly
Dec 2, 20225 min read
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Preservationist's Party
Preservationist's Party

Dawn Bly
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Packing Away Plentiful Sweet Peppers
Preserving pweet peppers for a year's worth of eating.

Dawn Bly
Oct 1, 20224 min read
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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...

Dawn Bly
Sep 22, 20225 min read
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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...

Dawn Bly
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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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...

Dawn Bly
Mar 24, 20221 min read
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