recycling

Well done Sandra, you put me to shame, I did make plantesr out of an whole tyres, they lasted years, and quite easy to do. You need the whole tyre including the middle bit, cut the tyre just below the middle and turn both ends outwards, the shorter end is the part that is the base, the larger is for the soil and plants.

thanks Daff
i've seen those i'll get round to it eventualy. we have over 800 tyres on site... people give us loads of stuff to build with. i have a huge pile of junk to choose from. i think there were 4 stainless steel sinks at the last count.;-))

The tyres are great Sandra...recycling at its most artistic !

thanks BB this is what i do on my days off. and my kids are all willing conscripts...lol

Thank goodnes you have help Sandra...quite a daunting task..but so worthwhile !

i have a bath & a toilet planter up will take phote and show you.

look forward to seeing them Hollygate

Fantastic Sandra, now I have really got to get my thinking cap on to find something unusual to plant in this summer !

go for it sueb its so simple and its great to reuse stuff.

I do like your bottle bank - much more interesting than the council ones.

thanks Wagger it was great emptying them all...lol

Love your tyres,

We have a furniture set made out of tyres that we got at a craft fair - they are the best bits of garden furniture we have had.

i'd love to see photos of your furniture...

Great!
Like the old bottle wall.

thanks Weeding
we have four bottles walls ...we've thought enough so we are back to the bottle bank now.

Great ideas all looks good aswell

Fantastic!! I love the bottle wall too. My friends live on a very very dry hill here in Kamloops....full of sagebrush and cactus. They got a HUGE tire from a large tractor and turned it into a large planter. It's the only garden they have as they have to truck in water and the soil is so bad, but it looks great.

thanks Clarice...

Gilli i'd love a big tractor tyre i saw some on the telly ten foot across...now that would make a great garden pot...you'll have to photograph your friends one.

brilliant i love the mirror and the bottles there pucker

thanks NP. the mirror image changes with the light. i take a rediculous amount of photos of it..lol

its brilliant

And, it all looks such fun to create. Brill! :-)

yes definatly

its always great fun. ;-))

and cheap

i love it when you find a reuse for stuff youve had for years. i blame the wombles.....but seriously i think its important to reuse what we can. from the many pictures on here of everyones recycling gardeners are way ahead of many...

the wombles pmsl great lol.its a throw away society,were using all the resorses its the only way in the big picture.take care bye for now

Good recycling, I especially like the tepee. It looks warm and cosy :)

The mirror picture is good, kinda spooky too!

my daughter Lilly built this last summer but this year she is going to build a better one...

an i stay over lol ?

lilly is seventeen but she slep in her 'den' for most of august last year

i would to lol

it was a bit drafty in there and now water tight...lol
it fell down in the winter.;-((
but she is gong to build a new one this summer

if the weather was better id be quite happy outside always i think.ive slept in a massive teepee at a hippy fair it was brilliant.

i love it outside so much. we stayed in a tipee a few times and a yurt. its so nice to get away from the phone.tv and computers...lol

just a fire and the stars