Recycling used tires into garden cement pots
We had some
old tires we needed to either get rid off or doing
something useful with them. As you can see in the
attached photos we covered them with a cement
mixture and some old flagstone rests and made them
into useful garden cement pots. .
Our project needed the
following materials, 4 old tires, 1 bag of cement,
quarter bag of tile cement, about 4
bags of sand,
in this case some leftover flagstone pieces and some
filling material old plastic bottles and old
newspapers (to fill the inside of the tires) and a
bit of old rope to tighten the tires together plus a
piece of old plastic sheet to protect the floor.
First step was to put some 2 tires together tightly
with some old used rope and to place some plastic
beneath them to protect the floor. We also use a
drill to drill a couple holes on the lower part so
the water can flow out (protect the holed
temporarily with some screws so the cement wont
cover them)
Next we filled the inside with some old
plastic bottles and trash and then some old news
paper. For the inside floor use some plastic plate
from flower pots (or old 5 gallon plastic bucket
covers as we did)
Now we made
first a paste with tile cement that sticks well on
the tires and plastered it inside and outside as
seen in the image. Then we mixt the sand and cement
(3 parts sand and 2 parts cement) and cover all
inside and outside. And lastly with some tile
cement we add the flagstone pieces.
The finished products can be seen in the last image,
we fill them with good pot earth and plant whatever
flowers we like there. Remember these post are gona
be pretty heavy so best build them where you want
them to end up as moving them is not easy.
