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 ...

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 ...

Next year, Burton said, he hopes to grow the broom corn in raised beds where customers can see what their brooms are made of. Soon, those wanting to try their hand at broom making will get a chance to ...

I swept my porch yesterday with a natural corn broom. It’s a marvel and has barely changed since the first brooms were made. My modern broom still is a bundle of flexible “stems” held together around ...

ARCOLA - Arcola may be the town that brooms built. The town of about 2,500 residents is home to two separate broom-making companies: the Humboldt Broom Co. and the Libman Broom Co. It also is the home ...

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 ...

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