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julia hayes
True Blue Farmgirl
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julia
medical lake
wa
USA
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 Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 06:29:47 AM
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I grew the most gorgeous broom corn this year and have harvested most of it..now drying in the barn.. I think it is fast approaching time to strip it of all the seeds and start making the brooms.. Does anyone have any references of how to do this? Any book suggestions? I want to something really simple and give as gifts..
thanks so much!
Julia Hayes
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 07:35:19 AM
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love that tying wheel .. did any of you see where to buy one of those?
thanks for the site miz tasha!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 07:52:16 AM
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I bet you could easily make do one....some 1" dowels and small wood pieces....a few finishing nails, voila! broom tying wheel!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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Duchess
True Blue Farmgirl
109 Posts
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 08:06:50 AM
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Wonderful idea and great site. I agree that a tying wheel looks pretty easy to make, but bet also if you have Amish nearby they probably make them and you could buy one from them.
Is there any special kind of broom corn or is that just what I look for. Can you tell I am not a farmer,lol
Thank You once again for all the great things I find in these pages.
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julia hayes
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
julia
medical lake
wa
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 10:17:12 AM
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Tooooo cool!! Tasha, I knew you'd be just the Goddess to hook me up. I'm making little brooms for 3 of my goddess friends who are joining us for Thanksgiving this year..We are having a traditional holiday celebration plus a Goddess-Fest and belly casting party.. They have helped me make belly casts for my other 2 children so this one, being our last, is especially fabulous! I thought handmade brooms would be so perfect! Thank you...
blessings,
Julia Hayes
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katiedid
True Blue Farmgirl
601 Posts
Kate
West Jordan
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 11:09:25 AM
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Julia, what a perfect gift, handmade brooms!! That sounds like such a great time...good luck!
I saw a belly cast of a friend, who added in her children's hands, holding her tummy..it was so precious. It was almost as if her 3 children were holding hands. I am not doing it justice in my explaination...REALLY, it was so beautiful.
I would love to make my own broom, and one for each of my girls, they are forever swiping mine! Chloe's broom is sometimes a magick broom for flying, sometimes a horse, sometimes a tool, really, what a great idea to make brooms for Solstice/Christmas for my kids!!!
Thanks for the great idea, Goddess Julia!!
Love and light to you, Friend!
Kate
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 12:53:45 PM
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Grace has a flying spell taht she is constantly trying to get to work and it is just too cute. She sits on her broom and jumps into the air trying to fly. I love it! I told her she ahs to practice inside only beacue if she gets up into the air outside, she might not know how to get down and that could be scary :)
We both have brroms that we made using field grass. They turned out pretty great, but we are definately growing broom corn next season. My father makes staffs, and he also finds smaller wands size sticks and shines them up nice, I am positive I can get him to find me some handles so that I can make and sell a few of them from time to time...
Rob told me, 'who can you trust to buy a broom from if you can't trust a Witch?'
I love them. That site is awesome!!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 9:34:56 PM
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Could you tell me where you got the seed to plant for the broom corn.?
I used to swap handmade baskets with a group and a gal from ca sent me some, but I havent seen it around here at the garden stores in the spring.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2006 : 10:00:24 PM
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That is something I would love to plant too, Shirley..I hope someone has a source for the seed! I havn't seen it here in Utah either.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2006 : 12:03:33 AM
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We have Amish people in this area, I always go at least once in the summer and buy a few things from them. My son in law has a hunting cabin out there way and brings me the best cheese from them. Anyway, maybe I will see if he can find me a broom out there, I would like to have one, of course not sure where I will go with it, probably just around the house.
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2006 : 10:17:14 AM
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thanks so much for sharing this site, i love the sites that i get from the farmgirls and love to "favorite"them.
love
fran
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Oct 22 2006 : 10:32:36 AM
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I have bought the seed from Stokes Seeds and they have both a US and Canada outlet. The kind I grew came in some really neat colors too.
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