Every Christmas I pull the vines of the Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) off the side of the house. It's rampant rather than creeping and will put on similar growth next year.

 I shred them and the thought occurred to me that usually I make work for myself piling them up in a heap then having to untangle them. So this year I left them splayed along the garden path to feed in one by one -so much quicker and easier.

 I have read that Native Americans used the vines for basket weaving which makes sense as they are tough and sinewy.