On 2024-02-03 13:49, Phil E. wrote:
> Richard asks about "corn". I can't see how American maize would be made 
> to
> work. We do have a plant called "broom corn" that is more like thick 
> wheat
> stalks, that they may be referring to. But I would suppose almost any 
> dried
> stalks would work.
> 
> Phil E.
> 
The required item is "broom corn" which used to be the bristles on the 
tool to sweep the floor (now hard to find but I still prefer to 
plastic).  Richard might want to see 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum_bicolor  to figure out the 
local-to-him name, there are apparently many!

Esther