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 ...

Workers harvest willow ready for processing. The family firm has 70 acres of land on the Somerset Levels, each planted with some 17,000 willows. After three years, a willow will produce up to 30 ...

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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 ...

During both world wars Somerset willow growers and basketmakers thrived. Thousands of pigeons were in service, transported in baskets woven with Somerset willows, and there were observational balloon ...

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 ...