Recently, I read about a woman in Kansas who got tired of dealing with the ubiquitous tumbleweeds in her area. So, as a joke, she set up a website called prairie tumbleweed farm.
Who knew there was an actual need for the weeds??
She started getting orders from all over the country; someone was having a western-themed wedding; click. Other orders came from Hollywood where her tumbleweeds have graced countless TV shows, [click] print ads and department store displays.
Click, click!
But her proudest moment came from NASA whose researchers used her light-as-air plants as a model for the Mars Tumbleweed rover. Ca-ching, Ca-ching!
Talk about making lemonade outta lemons! Her annual income from tumbleweeds: $40K.
Now that's what I call resourceful!
