“You can make your own brooms!
If you have a green thumb, you can start by growing your own broomcorn. But even if you can’t grow broomcorn, you can order it from a supplier.
One of the most common questions I hear when I am demonstrating my craft is, “What plant material is used for the broom bristles?”
The material is called broomcorn (Sorghum bicolor). This plant is closely related to sweet sorghum (Sorghum vulgare), which is the plant used to produce sorghum molasses. Broomcorn is an annual and, from a distance, looks like sweet corn in the field. Yet, upon close examination, there are no cobs, just a large tassel on the top.
That tassel is the part of the plant used for making brooms.
Other materials can be used for the sweeper of a broom, but we’re focusing on traditional corn brooms…”
