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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How to grow bearded iris in your native cottage garden with the 75/25 rule.

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

Organizing your gardening year is when you know HOW to record all those wonderful moments in the garden! Get a free Seed Sowing Planner too!

And see 3 reasons why we use a paper & pencil for documenting everything from seed sowing to harvesting on our native flower farm.