Wow! How many clips are there? The swans, the different designs, the methods of turning inside out - what alot of info. Very interesting and inspiring.
I bet you never thought this would happen when you began this thread!!
If I got a truck tyre I think I would keep it the same way around - be impossible to turn inside out - just paint it. A wheelbarrow tyre is different, not sure about having a go at one of these - I think I will keep to car tyres eaiser to get hold of.
A strange question - what do you do with the middle bits that are left over, the circles/ rings?
Well here's how far we have got with the tyre planters at Sholing.
Took the tyres to the station
Made the ground ready for the planters to sit on
put in place (Few people wondering, by the looks on their faces, what we were doing) they did not talk to us though
Then tricky part - filling with soil - quite a big thing to do, as station has a slope to the entrance to the platforms.
So the free topsoil that I nicely dug up out of a ladys garden into bags was in the car but had to get to the platform
With a small half size skate board and 2 x plant pot wheelers ready to help us we put the bags of soil on them and pulled them down the slope (or got pulled down the slope ourselves as some of the heavier bags do go down faster that the smaller ones).
Only managed 3 bags at a time but that was enough when they want to go different ways.
Soil put into planters, heavy lifting up to planters but did it. Breaking up the soil making it level with a trowel as we filled the planters.
One done ,Two done................and then another day later and lots of back pain three done this day...................Five done all together.
Took for some pictures so here they are
One large planter with wheel rim still in now you can see as the stand of the planter.
The tyre that we managed to turn inside out with the same petal pattern
The three tyres that we did another day two turned inside out whith the inner rims cut out to be able to turn them and one just with the top cut off to make planter larger.
Not painted them yet, not sure if going to - have to wait till dryer weather
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Very detailed planting inside the tyres
Did it take a lot of time?
Might not be any where like that with my planting. Lot more looser with my planting
Wow! How many clips are there? The swans, the different designs, the methods of turning inside out - what alot of info. Very interesting and inspiring.
I bet you never thought this would happen when you began this thread!!
con neumático de carretilla
paso a paso corte y vuelta
http://aprender-observando.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/gran-maceta-hecha-con-neumatico-de.html
"with truck tyre"
Crikey-Gardengirl fancy a go with a truck tyre?
wheelbarrow
no tiene alambres de acero y se puede cortar con tijeras, muy fácil
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If I got a truck tyre I think I would keep it the same way around - be impossible to turn inside out - just paint it. A wheelbarrow tyre is different, not sure about having a go at one of these - I think I will keep to car tyres eaiser to get hold of.
A strange question - what do you do with the middle bits that are left over, the circles/ rings?
el trabajo que hice ayer:
http://aprender-observando.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/reciclar-neumatico-para-hacer-una-fuente.html
Well here's how far we have got with the tyre planters at Sholing.
One large planter with wheel rim still in now you can see as the stand of the planter.
The tyre that we managed to turn inside out with the same petal pattern
The three tyres that we did another day two turned inside out whith the inner rims cut out to be able to turn them and one just with the top cut off to make planter larger.
Not painted them yet, not sure if going to - have to wait till dryer weather
Hope you enjoyed the reading and the photos?
What do you think? Do you like tyre planters?
I think this is a good work out