Old Car tires

[none]

Ok so the fun is about to start,  was able to take advantage of the cool weather yesterday and brush hog the property what was once a overgrown disaster is now a good solid start for a pasture and other things.   Bad news I found about 5 tires in the brush an old micro wave and part of gas grill.  Microwave and Metal from gas grille are easy ones but the tires Hmm.

 

Was wondering if there was some reason why i should not lay them out edge to edge across the back of the berm I want to build and fill them with dirt to add mass and height to the backstop?

 

Thoughts

[JPS]

Stack 'em up, fill 'em with dirt, and grow yourself some potatoes.  At harvest time, push 'em over, sort out the potatoes and repeat.

 

(Or, you could go with your plan.)

Edited May 18, 2014 by JPS

[none]

Stack 'em up, fill 'em with dirt, and grow yourself some potatoes.  At harvest time, push 'em over, sort out the potatoes and repeat.

 

(Or, you could go with your plan.)

Seriously?  all kidding aside, will potatoes grow here? My wife and I will be plating the garden this week and had not thought about that.  We usually do the standard fare tomatoes, watermellon, green beans, squash,  sweet red peppers, hot pepers, etc had not thought about potatoes might be a nice addtion we usually have anout a 3/4 to an acre garden.  Really cuts down on the grocery bill.

[gregintenn]

I've build roads in Wilson County almost exclusively for several years now. I don't know why this is, but everywhere I've been, there have been old tires piled up EVERYWHERE!!! Rocks and used tires. I think that's what Wilson County is made of.

[bersaguy]

I use to love making a garden every year but health prevents that now but back when I grew mine I always had far more than I would use and gave a lot of my friends veggies. Since i can not have a garden all of my friends make up for my short comings with planting gardens and keeping me in veggies. I do grown some Cherry tomatoes and have a vine of Cucumbers on some lattes on the end of my patio and very low maintenance plants and we all kinda swap things around.  I was not aware of the potato idea either and it may be to late to try that this year but will get together with couple buddies next year and use my old garden spot to grow a few stacks of them. Your going to ave to send me the plans on how to do it correctly JPS so I can tell my buddies about it........... :up:  :up:  :up:  

[bersaguy]

I've build roads in Wilson County almost exclusively for several years now. I don't know why this is, but everywhere I've been, there have been old tires piled up EVERYWHERE!!! Rocks and used tires. I think that's what Wilson County is made of.

I think it is because they charge a fee to  put tires in the city dumps and even tire stores charge to dispose of them. I have a few buddy's that have big sink holes on the farms in Wilson county and they tell their friends to bring their old tires and dump them in the sink holes in an attempt to fill them back in and then he will cover them with dirt. The state will take them over at the old prison on Centennial Boulevard as they have huge grinders there now that grind the old tires into dust and the mix it in with asphalt to put on the highways.

[Spiffy]

I think it is because they charge a fee to  put tires in the city dumps and even tire stores charge to dispose of them. I have a few buddy's that have big sink holes on the farms in Wilson county and they tell their friends to bring their old tires and dump them in the sink holes in an attempt to fill them back in and then he will cover them with dirt. The state will take them over at the old prison on Centennial Boulevard as they have huge grinders there now that grind the old tires into dust and the mix it in with asphalt to put on the highways.

 

You know when you buy new tires they charge you an upfront disposal fee.    I remember seeing people use old tires to get a brushpile/windrow burning good after clearing land.

[JPS]

 Your going to ave to send me the plans on how to do it correctly JPS so I can tell my buddies about it........... :up:  :up:  :up:  

 

I've done this in Oregon, so it should work in TN.  It's surprising how many potatoes you can get out of a few square feet of space.  Here's a link to an article that gives pretty good instructions:

http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/2013/12/successfully-grow-potatoes-tires.html

[Oh Shoot]

I've done this in Oregon, so it should work in TN.  It's surprising how many potatoes you can get out of a few square feet of space.  Here's a link to an article that gives pretty good instructions:

http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/2013/12/successfully-grow-potatoes-tires.html

 

Been  several threads on it here. I piddled with it a couple times, only went 3 tires high. My boss back then would go 6 or 7. Lots of spuds and very easy harvest! ;)

 

Not much to it really, just keep filling up around the green top and whatever you cover turns into root system with taters.  'Bout only decision is whether to start actual plant in ground or in first tire (in ground was my boss' choice, obviously anchors the plant better, so you still have to dig a little bit to get them all). Also, you'll likely need to water them some, as the soil of course dries out quicker in the stacked tires.

 

Lots of folks around the country do it, very handy if you have limited garden space.  And sure, spuds grow here just fine:

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=grow+potatoes+in+tires&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

 

- OS

Edited May 18, 2014 by Oh Shoot

[10-Ring]

 

Was wondering if there was some reason why i should not lay them out edge to edge across the back of the berm I want to build and fill them with dirt to add mass and height to the backstop?

 

Thoughts

 

No. No. and No!  Tires do not make a safe backstop.  High risk of richochet. 

[JWC]

Seriously? all kidding aside, will potatoes grow here? My wife and I will be plating the garden this week and had not thought about that. We usually do the standard fare tomatoes, watermellon, green beans, squash, sweet red peppers, hot pepers, etc had not thought about potatoes might be a nice addtion we usually have anout a 3/4 to an acre garden. Really cuts down on the grocery bill.

I just grow potatoes in the ground. I planted mine in March. They'll actually be ready pretty soon. I checked one yesterday and it had quarter sized spuds on it.
. I don't know of anything really that won't grow here in some form. For me pptatoes and onions go in as early as I can plant them (around Mar 15th) then I dig them and double crop and plant something else in their place. Usually more squash or purple hulls or something.

I always forget about stacking tires or wood boxes every year but I always wanted to try just to see.

[Tncobra]

Bust open the microwave and get the magnets.

 

**Capacitors will shock you. Also the ceramic insulators the magnets ride on have beryllium? in them, keep them out of your mouth.