How To Make A Tire Into A Planter
First get an old tire. I used a P235/75R15, Tiger Paw made by Uni, Roy and Al.
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Mark out a star pattern.
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Start cutting. Mine still had air in it. The hissing was cool!
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Compared to flipping it inside out, this part is easy
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Start flipping it. The first fold over is the most difficult. Put your knee into it.
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You really have to work at it.
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Keep working, it still takes a lot of elbow grease.
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Cuss and swear a lot.
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G*%&s D@*^% tire! Bend you pi$$ing s$##@ h0!!L.
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Almost done.
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Beautiful!
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Stick it in your yard.
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Paint it, fill it with dirt, plant some flowers in it.
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It looks great next to a rusty old pickup!
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Too bad I don't have a double wide!
Here it is with 200 lbs of dirt and a few Wave Petunias.
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How nice!
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Here are some other tire planters:
New Jersey
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Dimondale, MI
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Dimondale, MI
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Please send me more pictures of other tire planters. I'll post them here.
One light-second - April 25, 2007
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It took me 10 years to go the distance that light can go in one second!