tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post6005839635610456750..comments2024-03-18T15:02:43.329-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: The beginning of a tire gardenPatrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-24686203513082381112018-07-24T07:18:25.733-07:002018-07-24T07:18:25.733-07:00Laura, you won't regret it. Planting in tires ...Laura, you won't regret it. Planting in tires is the best thing we've ever done.<br /><br />However we've learned a few things -- namely, you can't put tires on bare ground without having weed issues (the weeds just grow up through the tires). We ended up paving the garden area with tarps (for weed control) and gravel (to anchor the tarps and provide drainage), then we set the tires on top of that. See these posts for a bit more info:<br /><br />http://www.rural-revolution.com/2013/04/getting-garden-ready.html<br /><br />http://www.rural-revolution.com/2013/04/of-gravel-and-voles.html<br /><br />What you need to do is lay down tarps and gravel BEFORE putting down the tires (contrary to what some of these photos show -- we were still in the "figuring it out" stage").<br /><br />Good luck and happy planting!<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-57760858907815480742018-07-23T20:09:53.695-07:002018-07-23T20:09:53.695-07:00I am all in. Using FREE tires as city backyard pla...I am all in. Using FREE tires as city backyard planting containers very much appeals to me. I can't bend down to garden and have limited funds. Free is great for my bank account. I just started this and plan to decorate the tires and make it all pretty to look at. Just love your Blogs. All signed in and following. Thanks to all.Laura Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570016974255442240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-32600060002107399682018-05-11T08:01:38.223-07:002018-05-11T08:01:38.223-07:00Yes, but because asparagus roots can be very deep,...Yes, but because asparagus roots can be very deep, either use very deep tires (i.e. huge tractor tires) or stack up a number of smaller tires.<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-61601587207528020202018-05-11T07:48:48.517-07:002018-05-11T07:48:48.517-07:00Can I grow asparagus in tires?
I will be the first...Can I grow asparagus in tires?<br />I will be the first than!TMFJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545527825457156974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-38883453702300604222017-03-11T00:44:58.396-08:002017-03-11T00:44:58.396-08:00The proliferation of car and truck tires is yet. U...The proliferation of car and truck tires is yet. <a href="http://cheaptyresandwheels.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Used tyres </a><br />john smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07655303417027257101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-62146611286445205902016-06-22T09:10:30.186-07:002016-06-22T09:10:30.186-07:00I don't think so. I am using tires cut in 1/2 ...I don't think so. I am using tires cut in 1/2 cross cut, in my greenhouse. Then I fill the 1/2 tire with paper, plastic sacks that I get when I buy garden soil from walmarts, four tires atop each other in a row 24' the size of my greenhouse,then heavy clear plastic sheeting draped over the tires and under the soil that I fill the bed with. I think it will work and keep any bad stuff from leaching into the soil. I have one bed along the east wall of my greenhouse and plan to put beds along the north wall, the west wall and a bed in the center of the greenhouse. I have a gas furnace and also water installed in the greenhouse. I have a large fan that will ventilate the entire area. with a 4 tire high wall I don't have to bend so much. So far so good so wish me luck with the rest of the project. I getting to old to garden the traditional way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-67266128208354242092016-03-18T21:29:38.502-07:002016-03-18T21:29:38.502-07:00And... "free"
It's nice to be all...And... "free" <br /><br />It's nice to be all snooty about something, but doing it without any cost is quite a bit more challenging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-28711164131179260332015-07-11T12:19:19.106-07:002015-07-11T12:19:19.106-07:00Thank youThank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-72582446884968363842015-07-10T17:27:21.124-07:002015-07-10T17:27:21.124-07:00Please review this post, particularly point #6, wh...Please review this post, particularly point #6, which includes the link you're looking for:<br /><br />http://www.rural-revolution.com/2014/01/in-defense-of-our-tire-garden.html<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-77793407249902649202015-07-10T14:20:53.855-07:002015-07-10T14:20:53.855-07:00Hello, could you please cite the references used t...Hello, could you please cite the references used to conclude that tires are safe to use as planting containers for plants; without the adverse effects of leaching toxins, carcinogenic organic compounds and heavy metals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-23106604652945123942015-01-30T00:52:12.977-08:002015-01-30T00:52:12.977-08:00I have been thinking that this work for planter br...I have been thinking that this work for planter brdd for awile now. And sure I Googled it and here ya are already rockin' the tires! I live a high desert climate around 3,000 ft elevation, very dry here. The frost can sometimes go into the spring here due to the altitude. My original thought behind the tire planter was to use large old tractor tires, thinking that super thick rubber walls would help insulate and keep the soil warmer, I hope!. Lucky for me I'm surronded by farms and the big tire warehouse in town has a mountain of huge tractor tires outside that are used and free. Now I just need to bribe my homie George to help my transport these big heavy things and conveintly he has a truck & I have an old little VW. No room for tractor tires inside obviously. <br />Any ways I need 10 big tractor tires for my Medical Mariuana garden. That I'm trying to piece it all together but on very limited budget. Since for my type of garden I have to have the entire thing away from public view all the way. That's the law. I am already having to buy and install much better fencing than what is currently there. But this fence needs to be strong enough and tall enough to keep my dog inside of the fence, not sneaking out, or jumping over he's a good jumper! After doing my research and comparing prices I am forced to choose the 48" tall field (horse/farm) fencing rolls, because compared to the 6' heighth in price it is nearly double the cost. Ideally if I could affird to I would by nice 9' tall deer fencing but that is WAY out of the budget for me. So I will need to consider what the heighth of will be since it can't legally be visible to the public. This is a big area to fence off and I'm not a rich man so I'll go in and get hopefully 5' at least then I have to make them private too. It sounds kind if ghetto but I've seen it done and it works great! I will have to secure tarps to my new fencing as a privacy blockers so no one can see from the road like the law requests. And since I'm concerned about the finished height of my garden, especially with not being to afford a taller fence. Two worries about the heighth being too tall is you dont whant to attracted any unwanted attention from anyone really. People would want to steal if they know it though. So in order to help combat that problem. I'm going to hopefully bribe and convince my neighbor to help me out really quickly for a few using his Back Hoe tractor. After I get my tractor tires which I'm working on that as we speak, I will need to have the garden area that will be completely empty of everything for the most part, measure it a second time and measure the depth of the big ass tractor tire, and hopefully the neighbor is willing to help and dig out my where my tire planter beds need to go close to the depth of the tires so instead simply placed above the ground which would further worsen my maximum height allowances for the plants. So we want to have them almost totally flush with where the soil level was to begin with so they grow bigger and longer. Until fence heighth and I won't be the only one growing pot this Summer even people that I know don't smoke pot that I know still want to grow some just because they can know what's up. <br /> I will have one of the best security systems on the market at least. He's got four legs, a huge mouth and runs like a cheetah, seriosly he would die for us, best dog ever, good luck to any would be robbers out here with my dog being near by, wish me luck on a huge yield everyone I can use it!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-36887103114818416072014-10-30T13:53:40.179-07:002014-10-30T13:53:40.179-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ajidulcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111423859529895855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-35136471547737341212014-01-21T17:48:25.308-08:002014-01-21T17:48:25.308-08:00You ignorant juicebox. You know nothing about the ...You ignorant juicebox. You know nothing about the role of appropriation in the arts. The use of tires is brilliant. Found art is art that is created with ordinary objects, such as household appliances, industrial equipment, or even seemingly random junk such as tires. Marcel Duchamp and other Surrealists pioneered the use of found object art in the early 20th century. Artists such as Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol have created found art. Found art played a key role in the postmodernist movement of the late 20th century. It has influenced later art trends such as "trash art" and the Young British Artists movement of the 1990s. This use of tires reflects our times. A simple reuse and recycle for self sufficiency. Get with the program. One last thing. as an engineer tires are safe for this application. Try and prove me wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-15200988502989104312014-01-09T12:10:11.374-08:002014-01-09T12:10:11.374-08:00You have made a terrible mistake, the role of all ...You have made a terrible mistake, the role of all gardeners is to create a better world - even if its "Back in your own backyard". When the novelty wears off getting rid of these tyres will place an enormous strain on you, and your family. You could have created a floral landscape, a Dutch Masterpiece, an English Rose Garden, a French Formal Garden, and you chose Fords-Ville, Michelin Man, and polluted Mother Earth. Scrap timber is everywhere, so are bricks, tiles, even rockery stones, but tyres no. Are you sure the food grown will be free of carbon rubber tyre oil moisture? A carcinogen? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-45787393362398608972013-11-24T15:47:21.181-08:002013-11-24T15:47:21.181-08:00I put the leftover donut in the bottom of the tire...I put the leftover donut in the bottom of the tire, seem like as good of place as any, then I filled the tire with compost with the donut in the tire. I painted my tractor tires white with left over house paint I had juat to make then pretty.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-1562674495711634472013-09-14T10:49:34.585-07:002013-09-14T10:49:34.585-07:00You can use the cut out sidewalls to anchor chicke...You can use the cut out sidewalls to anchor chicken wire or landscape cloth inside the tire. Just invert the sidewall and place it inside the bottom of the tire on top of the cloth/wire. rocktxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01880172400875134987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-60395034289621710822013-04-24T17:34:17.944-07:002013-04-24T17:34:17.944-07:00I am going to tire gardening this year for the fir...I am going to tire gardening this year for the first<br />time. I am so excited. I spray painted the tires grey to reflect heat. A friend told me to add some worms from<br />the bait shop to enhance my soil. has anyone else ever<br />heard of this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-18823792392613312162012-06-18T16:48:07.563-07:002012-06-18T16:48:07.563-07:00I'm using the side walls to make a sweet potat...I'm using the side walls to make a sweet potato tower.<br /><br />1) First of all create large sprouts from sweet potatoes left partially submerged in water, and root them.<br /><br />2) Sort the side wall for the largest at the bottom of your stack and the smallest at the top.<br /><br />3) Place the largest sidewall on the ground with the slanted outer edge upwards, so as to catch rain.<br /><br />4) Cover with 4 inches of mulch and 4 sweet potato sprouts, and cap with the next smallest sidewall.<br /><br />5) On top of that place 4 more inches of soil, 4 more sweet potato sprouts, the next sidewall etc etc.Daniel Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545461453835125758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-3786628799637519762012-05-25T09:50:50.176-07:002012-05-25T09:50:50.176-07:00Patrice -
Just found your blog - really enjoy rea...Patrice -<br /><br />Just found your blog - really enjoy reading it!<br /><br />We too garden in tires - have for many years. We have grown just about every kind of veggie in tires with success.<br /><br />I wanted to share how we get a bigger yield from our potatoes that are grown in tires. Also how we use less soil in each cutting down on the amount of dirt needed yet still getting an excellent amount of crops produced.<br /><br />One thing that we do different is – in the bottom of each tire we drill 6 – 8 drainage holes about the diameter of your thumb. To drill the drainage holes we use a large drill bit on a drill. We also tried using the utility knife to cut the drainage holes, which works but takes longer to do than the drill. However if you don’t have a drill this is a way to cut them out. <br /> <br />When we grow regular potatoes in tires we don't cut the sidewall out of the bottom tire - instead we leave as is (more on this in a minute as to why). <br /><br />We have found through trial and error that there are several different mediums to grow potatoes in. I am sure depending on your climate, temps, etc . . . that depending on where you live some may work better than others. <br /><br />We have found that you can grow completely in straw with no dirt – this means you will be harvesting clean potatoes at the end of the growing season. Take each tire off and in the “clean” straw you will find your “clean” potatoes. That is the advantage of using straw over dirt in the tires.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Or you can grow completely in dirt as usual.<br /><br />Or lastly, this is our favorite - you can fill the inside ring of your tire with straw and fill only the “hole” with dirt resulting in the need for less dirt.<br /><br />For us we put straw in the “outer” part of the tire and fill the “hole” of the tire with dirt several inches deep. Next put in the seed potatoes, usually around 3 – 6 depending on the size of the tire. Lastly goes straw to cover the entire tire. Be sure to cover it well as any sunlight getting to the taters will turn them green. <br /><br />Now to why we did not cut out the side wall – we are going to make a potato tower about “5” tires high.<br /><br /><br />Once the potato leaves start emerging we add another tire and more straw around the sides and then more dirt to where there is only a couple of leaves sticking out of the dirt. As the plants continue to grow keep doing this. We usually end up with a stack of tires “5” high. <br /><br /><br />Once the green leaves of the plants start to die, it is time to harvest your crop. <br /><br /><br />For us growing in potato towers gives us a bigger yield in less growing space as we are growing vertically.<br /><br />I really like your idea of the hardware cloth. I have also used cardboard in place of the newspapers when I run out and have had good success with them.<br /><br />Happy Gardening ! ! ! <br /><br />Debdebfroggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431419769165269472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-51654722079525183112012-05-17T07:23:01.603-07:002012-05-17T07:23:01.603-07:00I love free resources! We're trying huglelkul...I love free resources! We're trying huglelkultur, we had AMPLE logs and branches. Also, we recently stumbled upon Back to Eden, http://backtoedenfilm.com/<br />We just got a load of wood chips dumped in our front yard this morning from our big tree trimming company, Asplundh, chips & delivery free! Our neighbors think we're loony, why can't we just garden like 'normal' people? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-90474681586085087942012-05-17T04:15:01.509-07:002012-05-17T04:15:01.509-07:00Some folks use the leftover sidewalls to block wat...Some folks use the leftover sidewalls to block watergaps in fences. I don't have a picture, but they are bolted or chained together (think olympic symbol) then hung from a cable across ditches and creeks. I wonder if you could use this plan and dome frames to make gates, etc...Paulhttp://saltcreeklife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-7299504897294544952012-05-17T01:58:25.740-07:002012-05-17T01:58:25.740-07:00Fwiw, we have the same clay soil, although ours is...Fwiw, we have the same clay soil, although ours is more rock than soil (and our yard may have been part of a horse farm 100 years ago, who knows). Our garden beds that have the most fun growing things are the beds that we sifted. My husband put a mesh screen on a wooden frame, and shovelful by shovelful we've sifted slowly through our garden beds. Less rocks to get in the way (poor little carrots), it fluffs up the top layer of soil, and makes it easier to add in compost/manure and all that jazz.LannaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072980040369333704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-6842119358693072482012-05-17T00:53:35.646-07:002012-05-17T00:53:35.646-07:00We live in the northeastern part of Calif, and hav...We live in the northeastern part of Calif, and have acidic soil from the volcanic activity in this area. Getting things (except blueberries and blackberries) to grow in acidic soil is hard. I put out the word to everyone I know asking for bagged leaves during the fall. I stopped at people's houses when I saw bags of leaves on the curb. They are always happy to let me take them away. I have one heck of a compost pile going. I had about 30 bags this year. Each year by spring I have a huge mound of wonderful new compost for my raised beds. I try to keep pine needles out, but its not realistic in this area. I do get manure from a friend and let it age, then mix it in with the coposted leaves. Straw gardening works well too. My mom lives in the thick pines and has small areas with direct sunlight for gardens. The straw bales are great for gardening, you add a little bit of soil to the part where you plant the seeds/starts and the straw does the rest. Even in an area with a short growing season, there are things you can do for a good harvest. Our season is supposed to be Memorial Day to Labor day, but we have had to wait to plant until mid-June several times in the past 5 years. We have made hoop houses and cold frames from found materials. That really expanded the growing season. Things that we have in raised beds that make it through the winter are parsley, mint, leeks, rhubard, asparagus, chives, sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon grass (takes over like mint) and green onions. I let the lettuce, dill, and spinach go to seed and re-seed itself. After the snow melts, everything but the dill are almost ready to be picked.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-81131845844798240402012-05-16T19:59:43.405-07:002012-05-16T19:59:43.405-07:00Just what was thinking!Just what was thinking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-12605437748359234122012-05-16T12:30:13.751-07:002012-05-16T12:30:13.751-07:00Back before we became full time RV'ers I saw a...Back before we became full time RV'ers I saw an artical on raising potatos in old tires. You plant four (4) eyes around the edge of the rim of the first old tire. Do not cut the rim off. after the plants reach above the tire fill the tire with straw and add another tire on top of the first tire. After the plants reach above the second tire fill it with straw and add another tire on the second. You can get about five tires high by the end of the growing season. When the season is over start by removing the top tire and the straw and the potatos. Each tire will have potatos in the straw. It works. <br />Thanks<br /> MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com