Question: I enjoy making wreaths for fall and winter to hang on my door. I use plant parts from all kinds of plants in my yard. But I was recently told by a friend that I shouldn’t cut the evergreens ...

You can craft your own homemade wreath from foraged materials using grapevines, honeysuckle, kudzu, sweet pea, or bittersweet vines. The wreath dates back to ancient Greece. Being circular in shape, ...

Bittersweet reminds me of my childhood. In the fall, my friends’ families harvested strands of the woody vine, which grew naturally in the woods around our hometown. Their moms snipped bits from the ...