If you are new here, welcome! I’ve got creative and frugal home and garden ideas for you.
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My Garden
This photo (above) was one of those rare great days where 1) I had just weeded, 2) there’s a fresh application of mulch, 3) it was peak season for blooms, and 4) it just rained, which makes all the colours more beautiful. But even on it’s frumpy days—which is many days— I just love having a garden.
And not for perfection: for me, it’s just being outside, watching things grow, experimenting, and creating that make it so enjoyable.
Here’s the Scoop—
I am Melissa J. Will, also known as the Empress of Dirt ♛, and I share creative and frugal home and (mostly) garden DIY projects and ideas, with an emphasis on the organic and thrifty help I needed when I was starting out.
For plant and growing information, I rely on facts and scientific research, not the ever popular myths and wives’ tales that spread online like a virus.
For projects and DIY, I like it creative, useful, and thrify.
If you are interested in my own rocky start as a new gardener,you can read more here.
What You Will Discover
I focus on three main things:
GROW | Organic growing tips and tricks
MAKE | Easy DIY projects using unwanted or thrifty household stuff
IDEAS | Galleries of ideas to get your creativity flowing
Idea Bank
Got some random old thing you want to make into garden art? The Idea Bank lets you search by item, listing available project instructions.
Whether it’s a rusty watering can, scraps of wood, burlap, or beer cans, there’s always a nice life for old stuff.
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ebook topics include garden art making, hand-dyeing fabrics, hand-painting shoes, and growing salads.
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Free printables include handy checklists for garden tasks and home organization.
It’s time to get creative!
~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛
Melanie Fitch says
Hi Melissa,when and what do I do with my brown,maybe dry Orchid roots?
Melissa J. Will says
Hi Melanie, It’s probably too hard to know from here. Lots of orchids have brown, dry roots normally as they are air plants, not soil plants. You might want to try posting a picture on an orchid forum if you want opinions from others. Best wishes,
Sherri says
Must thank you for my earth walker journey!! from the Midwest. I’m a dietician with a grandmother who was a self made bontenist and herbalist.
at almost 60, my first Gypsy Garden put in. I’ve been transported to living again. From vegies to flowers. I practice holistically living, and despise western medicine anymore.
just… Thank you for the beautiful information from spirit to print. I always have a wish list of products. And I share your info always.
Janet French says
I love so many of your projects. I am so like you I work in so many different mediums. I make jewelry, yard art, garden, wind chimes, sun catchers, dream catchers, bowling balls and so much more. I always have so many projects going at the same time. Thank Gid I do finish many and have over 100 finished projects.
Joann Cuellar says
Looking forward to my stop here with all the amazing ideas.
So glad it’s gonna be a part of My Journey ??? Blessings