Broom making

[Toddy]

Interesting article on traditional plants used for making brooms.

http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/20

I make quick, simple ones for everything from sweeping the ground clear under where I'm going to pitch my tent, to clearing up around the hearth when we're finished.
Usually just bind together whatever's at hand, bracken, birch twigs, heather, broom or even the long shavings from the pole lathe.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Eric_Methven]

That was interesting. I saw tons of the Bulgarian ones for sale in every small town I passed through. I still like the good traditional Besom though.

 

[the interceptor boy]

When I was a boy I used to make themfrom green or dry coconut / fronds leaves in Mauritius also we used the dead part of the flowering stick as a quick broom very efficient as a broom. Also bamboo's if you can get hold of. Cheers.

 

[British Red]

Aaah now many of those I would term a besom as opposed to a brush. I guess both are brooms, but a besom is the simplest "witchy" form (where I grew up)