All Linda Katz had to do was step outside of her house to make thousands on the Internet. Now the Midwestern entrepreneur is building a business selling a piece of the old west online: tumbleweeds.
By KEVIN SITES
Linda started her online business, the Prairie Tumbleweed Farm, as a joke. It was 1994 and she wanted to teach herself how to design a website. Since she lived on the prairie in southwest Kansas, where rolling tumbleweeds are sometimes the only dynamic feature of an endless flat horizon, she invented a farm that sold tumbleweeds, listing prices at $15 for a small one, $20 for a medium and $25 for large.
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**This was too funny NOT to post. Kuddos to her! It's amazing how a joke can turn into some pretty decent cash! Be sure to check out her website at the prairietumbleweedfarm. Unfortunately my computer won't connect to it right now (Gee, there's news) but I'm going to try again later. I've got to see this website.:-)**
Posted by Mrs Muddy at November 26, 2007 05:47 PM