11" high raised bed planter from tires

I use a few of these in the garden .
Black so they absorb solar heat
Tough, weed eater don't hurt them,
even the cut out sidewall can be use around shrubs & fill with mulch.
Cut out the sidewall at the tread
These are bigger & thicker ones so I had to cut the other bead off to invert. 265 x 70 x16





WD helps the knife slide when cutting,

 

I have some that I buried all but about an inch of the inverted tire. Can weed eat up to them and they make good experiment beds. Tried burying some groundhogs and sticks and stuff to compost down in them. Soil seems pretty loose and fertile.

 

That's gotta be some tough cuttin', even with the WD................

 

Utility blade works good also.

Gary

 

Serrated blade on my leatherman. Only thing I think I've ever used that blade for.

 

Thin sharp blade , actually pretty fast
Stiff or locking blade

 

jigsaw works too may have to try the wd40 trick

 

Used to do it that way, sharpened a wood blade on the grinder, works ok.

 

Tires have some pretty toxic chemical in them, getting a lot of press lately about "tire mulch" being used on sports fields, playgrounds and such not being such a good idea. I might worry about the soil for growing vegies being in such close proximity to the tire. Just a thought, I don't know if I buy the toxic argument or not, but I would probably hedge my bet against using them.

 

Yea
I've been on those fields , definitely have the rubber tire odor.
Can see that breathing the rubber dust could be bad.
Not noticed any odor off tires but you might be right.

No doubt we live in a synthetic world of paints, plastics & rubber compounds from carpet to clothes to cell phones & fuels.
Probably should all be walking, & cutting our wood with an axe & steel hand saws
instead of plastic , rubber & alloy ones powered by mixed chemical fuels . LOL