Make Your Own Grapevine Wreaths
Instead of throwing them in the trash or compost, use invasive grapevines to make a wreath for your home decor.
Yield: 1
Cost: $0
Equipment
- Hand pruners
- Large plastic tub
Materials
- Fresh or dried wild grapevines
Instructions
- Cut several yards of wild grapevine.
- Soak the vines in a large bucket of water to soften the vines. If the vines are fresh and malleable you don't need to soak them.
- Pull the vines out of the bucket, and start at one end, making a circular coil.
- Take any side branches and wrap them into the wreath too.
- Continue wrapping the vines around and over each other until you get the size you want.
- Allow the wreath to dry.
- Decorate or hang.
Notes
You can use old dried vines. They should be soaked in water to make them more flexible. However, you can also use fresh vines. In that case, you do not need to soak them but can start wrapping them and creating the wreath immediately. Or cut them and let them dry out for a day to make it easier to strip the leaves.
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