U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists recently discovered a potentially destructive commodity at the International Falls rail facility. Two separate shipments of willow baskets ...

After spending a weekend with Jesica Clark at her farm in New York’s Hudson Valley, I returned home with knowledge about willow basketry, corn harvests, and polenta making. Aube Giroux is a food ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Joanna Schanz has no idea how many willow baskets she's woven over the past half century. 'No, absolutely not,” she said, laughing. Suffice to say Schanz has woven more than a few. She ...

The cold, drizzly weather doesn’t get in the way of one of the first winter harvests at Horn Farm Center. The crop? Sticks. “What we’re looking for is the nice, straight, long rods,” Executive ...

Wendy G. Jensen’s timber-framed basket-making studio sits within walking distance of her house on a wooded lot in the Berkshires. The property has eight varieties of shrub willow, an oblong tub for ...

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Ask Lee Zieke how long it takes to complete one of her handwoven willow baskets, and she’s likely to reply with a riddle: “When do I get to say I started?” she says with a grin. “Was it when I planted ...

From cradles to water jugs, willow baskets are essential for many Great Basin Natives. “From the time we are born, we are in a basket — a willow basket,” said Leah Brady, a member of the Shoshone ...