Welcome Friend
I’m Melanie~ owner, plant wrangler & pollinator watcher here at Lazy Dirt Wildflower Farm.
This farm blog shares the work of transforming my 210 year old farm into a 4 acre habitat garden, native plant nursery & wildflower farm.
You’ll find tips to create your own habitat garden plus learn about conservation, local events, & farm happenings.
In between posts, find me over on Youtube laughing, hiking & growing native plants for pollinators
Favorite Posts for Spring!
most read posts
Search the blog posts
& use the search bar to find specific topics!

Tour a New Pollinator Garden
What does a habitat garden look like in its first years? Read this post to take a virtual stroll through my pollinator and habitat garden in June.

Grow Native Sunflowers!
Did you know there are NATIVE sunflowers?
Here’s 5 reasons to grow native sunflowers … besides them looking amazing interplanted with Anise Hyssop & Zinnias~our favorite ‘rebel flower’

Grow a Wild Rose Garden!
Create a beautiful native cottage garden filled with scent & color with our Wild Rose Garden.

Celebrate Winter with a Tomte
Winter Gnomes or Tomte make cold days so cheery! Read all about these wonderful woodland spirits and how they protect your home & garden…