Carl 1 Lucky Texan wrote:

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) Do you want to grow vegetables or ornamental
plants? How many plants? What zone do you live in? etc.


Try searching on http://groups.google.com Some people have
mentioned (here and on rec.gardens.edible) using tyres/tires for
potatoes. Planting in the middle, and then stacking up more as
the summer proceeds.



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