There’s something magical about autumn—the crisp air, the shifting colors, and the way nature seems to scatter treasures everywhere you look. Around Idie’s Farm, I love gathering branches, herbs, and ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...