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.

Here’s where you’ll find tips to create your own habitat garden plus learn about conservation, local events, & farm happenings.

In between posts you can find me over on the ‘Gram laughing, hiking & growing native plants for pollinators

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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’