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Exciting!! New!!! Tumbleweed collection????

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Old 11-11-2012, 11:25 AM
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Amazing pictures! That is so far from the reality of life around here that without your photos, I'd never be able to visualize what you're saying. Looks like a fire hazard to me.
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Old 11-11-2012, 07:45 PM
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Lands a mercy! Never seen them that bad!

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Old 11-11-2012, 09:05 PM
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I grew up on the Eastern Montana prairie. We stacked them, spray painted them white, put on lights and glitter.
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Old 11-11-2012, 09:17 PM
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Wow! What a mess. It make for a good fire hazard.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:42 AM
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I see a genuine new business. did you know a few years ago you could buy them on ebay? might even still be there. you can make snowmen out of them also. You see city slickers like a few for cowboy decor believe it or not. kinda like some (ie me) put pine cones out in my mountain decor.. so you just need a little like fruit stand that you can sell them at. I am sorry for your mess. um.. can you take them back out to where they came from bad bad tumbleweeds. how will you feed them all (joking).
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Old 11-12-2012, 05:00 AM
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when the winds die down...time for a marshmallow roast????? On a serious note ... hope you get rid of them easily
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Old 11-12-2012, 05:31 AM
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Wow, I have never seen that in person. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Guess we get snow storms, you get tumbleweed storms. I always wanted a tumbleweed, as it's totally foreign to me. Build a snowman, or have a bondfire at night. Good luck clearing them away.

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Old 11-12-2012, 05:44 AM
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LOL - I thought you were going to show pictures of a new line of fabric!

We don't have tumbleweeds here but sometimes downed trees and branches. Even though a pain to clean up, at least there's no damage from the tumbleweeds.
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen View Post
This is what it looks like right now. I have no idea how we'll get rid of this mess.
There was a woman in KS who used to sell them on the internet to folks in Germany. Seems they love the "old west" there and paid big bucks for those things.
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Looks like you have the perfect place to catch and retain them. Put them on the backside of the garage and maybe they will blow off. We don't have tumbleweeds here, just tons of leaves.
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