Well, me and the missus finally got to work on our tire garden. So far we got tomatoes planted, okra, broccoli, watermelon, cucumbers, cantalopes, onions, and lettuce. The jalapeno pepper plant didn't make it cause my little boy bent it and broke the stem. So we planted the onions with the tomatoes. Don't know how that will work. But, what the heck. It's worth a try. We got okra in one tire and something else for each of the other tires. We figure the plants that will spread out, like the melons and cucumbers can spread under the deck of the stairs or along the side of them. Tommorrow we're gonna get started on the bean and pea fence. I should have some pics of that to put up tommorrow night. But, here's a few of our tire garden as it is now. Hope ya'll enjoy them.
This is me getting some dirt from our dirt piles. We got all them dirt piles from the county when they cleaned out the ditches. I just asked them to give me a few dump trucks full and they were more than happy to oblige.
Here is me cutting up my tires for the planters. I've had these old tires in my shed for several years. I knew sooner or later I'd find a use for them.
Here's a pic of the tires before I got the dirt in most of them.
Here is Melissa and my son Matthew doing some mixing and planting. In the background you can see my ole chicken coop, with some chickens free ranging in the yard. I got ten Road Island Reds, and three little chicks that Matt is raising in the garage right now.
And, here's Melissa putting the finishing touches on the planting for the tires. I got to do the watering just after dark. We're hoping for some good veggies out of the tires. Time will tell. Anybody got an idea on how long it'll take for the plants to start showing up?
I forgot to add that we got some good potting soil from the Home Depot. The bags said it was for flowers and veggies. So, we put the dirt from the piles in the yard on the bottom of the tire planters and mixed in the good stuff from the store on top. We put enough of the good stuff in so there was about two inches or so on the top of the planter and it is mixed in with the stuff on the bottom. Hopefully, that will be good for the plants.
