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?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What started as an internship has now become a part-time small business for a local woman. Shannon Bardole, of Ames, first found her interest in homemade soap and broom making when she worked at ...