Re: [Biofuel] Gardening and Tires

2006-04-11 Thread Doug Foskey
1: In Australia, pallets are chipped (then the nails etc are sorted recycled) The chips go to mulch, etc. 2: Tractor tyres, with the sidewall cut out would make a good bed. (Use a pointy carving knife to cut the walls out- do not tell the wife! Women just do not understand! (TIC)) Lay

Re: [Biofuel] Gardening and Tires

2006-04-11 Thread Burak
Hello Long time ago I have read an intelligent use of old tires to grow vegetation on desert. Basically they were reclaiming some of the desert back. They would make a carpet of tires which were chained together. They would fill them with dirt and grow orange trees if I am not mistaken. The

Re: [Biofuel] Gardening and Tires

2006-04-10 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Darryl I think your caution is well-founded. Tyres were discussed on one of the organic lists a while back and rejected because of cadmium leaching. I'll try to find the details, but maybe I won't get that far. Maybe they're okay for flowers, but do you want to have to segregate bits of