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?

Sue's late husband, Arthur Nash, worked as a broom maker from his teenage years A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms has said her craft is dying out. Sue Nash ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sue Nash operates her besom broom business from Tadley on the Hampshire/Berkshire border. Broom making has been in her family for 300 years, and she has supplied everyone from the Royal family to ...

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Sue's late husband, Arthur Nash, worked as a broom maker from his teenage years A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms has said her craft is dying out. Sue Nash ...