Americans have always been creative and inventive. They had to be. If something broke..... you fixed it. If something could be used over and over again......it was.
If you could "do without" an item......you did. If something could be made at home instead of buying it.........you made it.
A good example of this creativity was the home-made hanging flower basket (see photo). They were made of small tree limbs or vine cuttings of somewhat uniform size. They were held together by small wood pegs, wire, nails, or anything else around the house or barn that served the purpose. They were attractive, functional, and worked well.
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