Oregon Farm Craft
Brooming: The Meditative Act of Gently Clearing your Space
Simple, rhythmic, quiet
Cobweb Brooms
Cobweb brooms are wonderful tools for sweeping high corners and tight spaces, on either side of the refrigerator, around the leaves of houseplants, and for touch ups in between vacuuming.
Variety of lengths, colors, and handle styles. Custom orders and classes available.
Offered from $45-65
Broom handles
Sustainably selected, harvested, and collected in the PNW. These unique handles are cured, cleaned, sometimes sanded & lightly rubbed with walnut oil, then drilled and readied for broom making. Changing selection of hazelnut, plum, curly willow, and other varieties.
Beginning Broom Making
For more information or to schedule a private class, please contact Stephanie at 541-968-8432 or oregonfarmcraft@gmail.com
Make a Hawk's-Tail Whisk Broom
Learn the basic broom making techniques to make one hawk's tail whisk broom. Class is 1.5 hours and includes your choice of broomcorn and twine color.
Please wear comfortable shoes, not muddy boots or flip flops.
Class size limited to 7 participants. $35 per person.
Make a Cobweb Broom
Make a Cobweb Broom
Learn the basic broom making techniques of tying on the sweep, plaiting the stalk, and stitching.
Class is 2.5 hours and includes all materials and instruction for making one natural cobweb broom, including a sustainably harvested broom handle and your choice of twine color. Please wear comfortable shoes, not muddy boots or flip flops. Class size limited to 7 participants. $65 per person.
Grow Broomcorn
Plant the Seed
Table and Harvest
May 1-June 1 Seed as early as possible for your area. Cover with remay or the birds will eat it up. Consider raising starts to transplant. Keep it weeded early on for best results. Requires good fertilization for biggest brush.
Table and Harvest
Table and Harvest
90 days. Table for best results. Best brush is before seeds fully mature.
Save the Seed
Save the Seed
You may want to save the best brush for next year's seed by letting it fully mature before harvest.
Thresh the Seed
Select the Best Brush
Look for the biggest and best brush when the seeds are starting but not fully mature.
Metal Curry Comb
A metal curry comb works well.
Thresh Fresh
Thresh Fresh
Broomcorn is easier to thresh, and you will lose fewer bristles if you thresh soon after harvest while the broomcorn is still fresh and green.
Down On the Farm
More Long-Handled Brooms-Coming Soon
Changing selection of long handled brooms with sustainably harvested and collected broom handles. In a variety of sizes and colors. Offered from $95-150. Ask about custom orders. No shipping available.
