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Our brooms are made to be both used and enjoyed. Our guarantee: If your broom should wear out, return the handle and for a nominal fee, we will replace the sweep and return it to you. In a dry climate, setting the broom in a bucket of water for 15 minutes every six months will replenish the brush.  In humid climates, hanging the broom inside allows for the best long-term use.  If left outside on your porch, a solution of bleach and water scrubbed into the fiber will remove and inhibit the growth of black mildew. 
 
To create our old Appalachian Mountain style brooms, we use natural hardwood tree branches found on our farm. The wood is finely sanded and finished with a protective coating. We use all natural unbleached broom corn; a Sorghum vulgare species, this tall annual grass resembles Indian corn.  Unlike store bought brooms which are bleached and then dyed, the natural fiber will retain its strength and flexibility for many years, and it's natural green color will turn golden with time. Broom-making demonstrations and classes are scheduled upon request, so please visit our "CLASSES" page for more information.
 
We have a small inventory of brooms available, however most of our brooms are custom made to order, so please allow two weeks plus shipping time.  Call Judy at 706/957-6256 or email twocreeksfarm05@yahoo.com to order your broom. The different styles of brooms and descriptions with price ranges are as follows:

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Sweeper; sizes s/m/lg/double; range $55-$500
The full size sweeper is one broom that will hopefully make your sweeping a bit less of a chore. The flat broom, fanning out to cover more area than the traditional round broom was introduced by the Shakers around 1840, and works well with the dustpan. Sweepers should be hung on a hook to keep the brush straight. Functional & decorative, sweepers should always hang within easy reach.

Hearth Broom: sizes s/m/lg/double; range $48-$372
Traditionally, brooms have been used to sweep caves, cabins, mansions & manors. Our decorative & functional hand-tied Hearth broom can be admired and used by the fireplace, in the kitchen, or beside a wood burning stove. Hung in a convenient location, your broom will give you many years of enjoyment.

CobWeb Broom: sizes s/m/lg; range $36-$48
Light weight Cobweb brooms easily rid high ceilings & fans, corners & small spaces beside your refrigerator or under the dryer of unwanted webs, dust, and creepy critters. These long handled brooms can be displayed in several areas of your home within easy reach for a quick sweep. Some have assumed they will ride well, however, that's not an option.

Whisk Broom:  Turkey Wing, Hawk Tail; $24
Good whisk brooms are like old friends, a pleasure to have hanging around and always there when you need them. Just like our friends, good whisk brooms have been hard to find... until now.  The whisk takes care of those small sweeping jobs; around
the fireplace or wood burning stove, in the car or truck, or in the barn & shop.

Porch Duster: $15
Dusty porches provide a never ending battle in the housekeeping war.  Lurking in corners and laughing at us from ceiling to floor are the creepy homes of critters who love to weave webs in all the wrong places.  The 'porch duster', a smaller version of the long handle cobweb broom, is light-weight & easy to use.  it quickly dusts screens and railings, leaving your porch free from sticky webs & their inhabitants. I have been known to disable flying insects,  chase cats & dogs, and change the direction of a curious child on occasion with the all encompassing porch duster.
 
Kitchen Tools: $10 or three for $24
Cake Tester & Pot Scrubber
In bygone times, broomcorn served a multitude of purposes. Believing in a waste not - want not way of life, broom makers used every part of the broomcorn. Scraps were used to tie cake testers for hearth kitchens, ensuring baked goods were done to perfection. Some cake testers doubled as pot scrubbers.

Smithy Broom: $35-45
Few people can remember the village blacksmith, in the past a pillar of society, and now almost legend.  Today their pieces are treasured, and the craft is being preserved by a group of dedicated blacksmiths across the nation.  Two Creeks Forge is a member of the Olcmulgee Blacksmith Guild.  For you blacksmiths out there, just give us a call and we will work out the details for tying a broom to your hand-forged handle.

A Special Broom for a Special Occasion!  Traditionally, sweeping brooms were made of ash wood handles, birch twig brush, and willow for binding.  These materials were all associated with fertility.  However, the symbolism for the hearth broom was quite different; these brooms with their eucalyptus handles and leaves and birch or oak twigs emphasized sacred women's work.  The hearth broom was also used in rituals to sweep away negative energies; the broom really seems to enjoy this important job!  Special hearth brooms are custom made upon request.

 

Jumping The Broom
Another  broom custom can be found in the Welsh culture that calls for the newlyweds to enter their home by stepping over a broom; good luck and harmony will then abound in their union. Think house-warming gift.  Also, in times of slavery in this country, Americans of African decent were denied all rights, including the right to be formally married and live together.  Because they could not legally marry, they created their own rituals to honor their unions. To make a public declaration of their love and commitment, a man and woman would literally jump over a broom into matrimony.  The jumping of the broom is a welcoming of the new, or a symbol of a new beginning.  Some couples today are choosing to include this ceremony in their own wedding.  In a ceremony dating back to the 1600's, the straws of the broom represent family and the handle represents the Almighty God.

Most brooms are custom
made to order, so please
allow two weeks plus
shipping time.

Call Judy at 706 / 957-6256
or email her at
twocreeks05@yahoo.com
to order your broom!

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