KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Friday, people will have a chance to learn about a significant part of the Appalachian culture — traditional broom-making. The Marble Springs State Historic Site will host an ...

Even though he’s a broom maker, Chris Nibbe’s creativity can’t be swept under the rug. Based in Rochester, Nibbe’s Sweet Corn Brooms makes more than just sweeping tools. Though Nibbe insists that ...

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 ...

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 ...

How do you make a broom? You begin with broom corn, which is a type of sorghum, available in Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas. The seeds need to be removed, the straw sorted into comparable lengths ...

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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 ...