I call it broomstraw. Others broomsedge. Whatever you call it, it doesn’t kill my memories of my grandmother’s homemade brooms. About a yardstick long, they stood in corners throughout the house. That ...

Brooms can be made from a variety of materials, such as broomcorn sorghum, straw, and plastic. A full-sized broom can help keep a home clean and tidy, but what about the often overlooked hand broom?

Broom Maker Ron DuMoulin shows how he binds the broom corn by hand stitching it. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt) WELLSVILLE — Ron DuMoulin, also known as The Village Broom Maker, discovered his ...

FORT DAVIS - Ron Cox can be seen most any day of the week working outside his shop on State Street, carving spiral markings into slender pecan tree branches, then taking the pieces inside to work his ...

PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve is offering Broom Making 101 using traditional materials of broomcorn, twine, and wood 1-5 p.m. Feb. 8 at Balsam Moon Preserve, located 10 miles west and south of ...

A while back, T ’s former editor Deborah Needleman posted a picture on Instagram of a woman in Jaipur, India, holding a broom. The broom is unusual: no handle, with bristles several feet long that ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — When you see a simple broom, you might connect it with cleaning, chores, or even witches and wizards playing their magical sport. At Bluegrass Brooms, Shannon Lewis puts his ...

No one makes brooms by hand anymore. Well, almost no one. More than a century ago Jack Martin’s maternal ancestors, the Hockadays, began growing broomcorn alongside more conventional crops on the ...

VERSHIRE, Vt. (WCAX) - On a hazy summer day, Meghan Carroll sets up shop on her front lawn. Donning twine, broomcorn and handmade tools, she’s building a broom in traditional Appalachian fashion. “I ...

Berea College’s broomcraft program carries on an American craft tradition that’s rarely practiced today Liz Logan - Contributing Writer The brooms that are made at Berea College, in the Appalachian ...

JOYCE, Wash. — At a tiny shop in the tiny town of Joyce, Teresa Bentley makes everyday magic - by making an everyday cleaning tool. Chances are, the broom hanging in your closet looks nothing like the ...