10/20/2023 0 Comments Bittersweet farm golden![]() ![]() In essence, unless they have permission to collect on that land, they are poaching. Either they’ve collected it, or someone has collected it for them. I always ask (innocently, of course) where they got their bittersweet….and I always get one of two answers. What I’m referring to are a bunch of bittersweet stems (maybe 5 – 7) that someone has cut, held together and wrapped string around to hold it…for $20. The bittersweet is not made into a beautiful wreath. There are not large or beautiful ribbons attached. I’m not talking about anything fancy here. Larger sprays are anywhere from $16 – $20. The prices are not cheap, either! Small sprays are typically $8 – $10. ![]() In the last 10 years, I have not attended one single fall festival where someone was not selling bittersweet. This time of year, I frequent a lot of fall festivals, participating in several, and browsing through all that I attend. American bittersweet grows as a vine, but when fresh it can be easily manipulated into wreaths, arrangements, and other attractive fall decorations. However, because bittersweet produces such beautiful cranberry and orange colored berries it has quickly become a favorite for autumn decorating. I also enjoyed walking through the fields and forest edges collecting golden rod, sunflowers, coreopsis, little and big bluestem, bittersweet, and once even poison ivy berries (that only happens once, then you get much better at fall field identification!).īack then, American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) was quite plentiful throughout midwestern forests, edges, and roadsides. I remember as a kid growing up on our farm in Platte County, Mo., the incredible times we had jumping on the hay bales in the barn (much to my parent’s dismay), or watching the tobacco being hung in the tobacco barn (if you have never seen that, you are really missing something special in life). Autumn is my favorite season of the year! I just love building bonfires, bundling up in warm sweaters, and making arrange -ments out of fall grasses, flowers, vines, and weeds. ![]()
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