"Carl 1 Lucky Texan" wrote in message
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Tater wrote:

Tater wrote:

I am planning some modified sqare foot gardening and am looking for
some advice......


ok, I realized that I could make rasied beds with boards, carboard
boxes and whatever, I have a lot of tires the previous owner had
abandoned and was wondering if I could use them for my raised beds?
black rubber tends to absorb sunlight to help heat the earth in the
early spring for ealier planting times, they cost nothing for me to use
(and cost $2.50 each to get rid of).

someone want to tell the pros and cons?


Perhaps if you tell the group, as precisely as possible, what you'd like
to accomplish in the garden, somone can guide you to some books and
websites. Do you'need' raised beds?(if it's a question of bending down
or working from a wheelchair - there are alternatives like 'earth boxes'
and straw bale gardening)

suitable for earth boxes as you call them or growing potatos, tomatos etc.
They could also conceivably be used as edging for a raised garden, similar
to using tyres of build rammed earth houses. It would take up a lot of room
mind.

rob