Archive - Archaic Joy

✦ When & How to Harvest Herbs ✦

Notes on shoots, roots, leaves, flowers & berry harvests...

Jun 24 •

✶ Mint Pink Lemonade ✶

A fun potion to craft :)

Jun 24 •

✦ Garlic Scape Pesto ✦

Garden Harvest Recipe

Jun 19 •

Plantain: A most excellent weed

+ How to make a Plantain Poultice

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Haven Making II: The Mushrooms

May 19 •

How I called Violets into my Yard

& The trickster plant that is Campanula rapunculoides

May 6 •

April 2025

Perennial Herbs for the Rocky Mountain Garden

AKA: Perennial Herbs for Gardeners, Zones 3-5

Apr 28 •

I was shaking, trembling hands held the phone.

Apr 12 •

♢ Haven Making II: The Seashore ♢

Apr 11 •

March 2025

Mar 30 •

Gathering with Grace

✦ Archaic Joy’s 7 Guidelines for an Ethical Wild Harvest ✦

Mar 18 •

Before Barbed Wire

One of the first things I noticed upon moving back to the lower 48 were all the fences.

Mar 8 •

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