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Clydesdaleclopper · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject: Tractor tyre

Any ideas what I can do with an old tractor tyre?

wildgarlic · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject:

make a table - i've been after one for ages. Circular piece of exterior shuttering ply will make a good top.
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nina · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject:

Fill it with soil/compost and grow something you like.Maybe paint the out side to make it prettier.My choices would be perennial aromatic herbs or lots of cheerful bedding plants.
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Clydesdaleclopper · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

If I made a table out of it would that be good for the goats to jump on?

Maidenstone · Neepster Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 303

When I used to tether one of my goats to tidy up weedy corners, I tied the chain to a tractor tyre - when I had to move her, I stood the tyre on its tread and rolled it about (not with the goat still tied on to it tho!)
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IainC · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject:

Find another three like it and make a HUGE go kart

Smooth Hound · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

it would have to be pretty big,

i like the herb garden idea

Julie · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject:

Yea! Monster truck!!! Great inner city parking solution

I like the idea of planting it out with something. How about a mini herb garden close to the kitchen? Mediterranean herbs like a well drained soil I think. Also, if you put the Marjoram, Thyme, and anything else that creeps a bit on the outer edge, they will tumble over the edges and disguise the tyre eventually.

By the way, nice to meet you and your mini mite the other day, I didn't see you to say goodbye, sorry.
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Smooth Hound · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject:

its amazing what you can do with a tractor tyre,

although i think the monster truck is a bit far fetched

sounds good though

Maria · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject:

Really like the herb bed idea - it would make a great base for the beginning of a 'herb spiral'. I'll try and find a link later for this - it's designed so that the herbs spiral from bottom to top, which means they are dryer/wetter sunny/shaded as needed.

You could also use it for tatties and throw soil in to earth them up?

I bet i know what my little one would do with a tractor tyre and a hill - hamster wheel comes to mind.

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