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tyres on allotment
Alan4711
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Morning all , a friend in Wales on the allotment where we used to be neighbors phoned me yesterday ,he,s a good gardener and has 2 large allotments now,his latest thing is the very large used farmers tractor tyres ,he has 4 set in a square which makes 4 nice big raised beds and one in the middle,he says he,s not painting them because its an allotment and insists they look ok,and are working very well ,he points out that he walks on the tyre walls to work the soil so no soil damage and are dig free,they cost only a couple of pints of beer to deliver as the farmers have to pay to dispose of them, Trevor matey i give you ten for trying
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Good day, I think this is a brilliant idea. My daughter who is now 8 has an allotment next to mine. Alas, very little top soil. A local hero has donated some top soil and 3 large tractor tyres are on the way. Thrilled. However, I have just been told that tyres are toxic?
Is this true? I always thought that these were now recycled, chopped up and reused on children's play area etc to avoid injury during a fall? Help please as I will have to cancel delivery if this is true.
Hello , I inherited some ordinary tyres on my allotment and I have used them for herbs and they have do exceptionally well
however , 2 other allotments have got tractor tyres left by-previous people and are proving a problem because of the sheer size we are talking of at least 12 ft across and take 4 men to move them ! the amount of soil to fill these would be huge!
12 feet across? They're not farm tractor tyres, might be off dumper trucks in a large quarry