NY Times: Tumbleweeds Are Piling Up Across the Plains.
“Years ago, she jokingly set up a Web site for an imaginary Prairie Tumbleweed Farm — advertising the plants for up to $25 each. To her enduring surprise, the orders started pouring in and now she has sold thousands to movie directors, homesick soldiers and home decoration stores.” I could do a comfortable side business, seems like. How much does shipping a 4’ tumbleweed cost, I wonder? The box alone would probably cost $25.
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The less-attractive ones can be dried as hard as steel razor-wire (I have the cuts to prove it). The ‘pretty’ ones would arrive in a pile of dust.
Posted by Garret P Vreeland on 10/28/11 at 01:10 PM
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Hard to imagine a tumbleweed arriving inside a box as anything but little twigs and bits!