An email was sent regarding this discussion over tyres being used in the garden for growing veg etc
Their first response
Thank you for your enquiry regarding using waste tyres in which to grow vegetables.
In order for us to assist you with your request, we require further information.
How many tyres are you planning to use?
Please provide the location where you will be using them.
Once we have the above information we will be able to provide you with a response.
The reply
The thought was that I would probably be using 4 to 6 low profile tyres in the corner of my garden.
Usually they are started off with one tyre on the patio/garden filled with compost or loose soil the seed potatoes placed on top then another tyre put on top and filled, then when the shoots come through another tyre is added and filled with soil, when up to 4 or 6 tyres and they are ready for harvest the stack is knocked over and the potatoes removed and the tyres put aside for the next year. These tyres would probably be collected from when our own vehicle has new tyres fitted, and once used for a couple of seasons (depending on results) would be taken to a re-cycling centre.
This is purely a domestic set up and not a commercial project, and currently just a theoretical project as it depends what response is received as to whether this will be a viable option to try.
Their second response
There is no requirement to register an exemption for the use of your own tyres.
It might be worth contacting the local authority if you are concerned about it being an obstructive view for neighbours / passer by’s.
So we are not breaking the law by using them and all is rosy in the garden...
We're on a bit of a used tyre mission over this summer... we have had to reprioritise spending (AGAIN!) because we need to get the woodburner in asap and it leaves us short for other planned projects. So we've been trying to think what scavenged materials we could acquire for work in the garden etc. and have decided on a couple of uses for tyres:
Making earth-filled retaining walls - we need to terrace a bit of the garden and it doesn't need a massive weight bearing wall, more of a 70cm high raised bed side if you see what I mean, so tyres are free and can also be planted up when the wall is finished!
Cutting into sections to use as roofing tiles - the garden shed BADLY needs re-roofed, so this is a free way of doing it (using bent nails straightened out from pallets!) We'll be building some wood shelters as well, so they can be used for roofing that too.
Photos will be delivered when the weather's better enough to get out and conduct such experiments!
Ferricks wrote:We're on a bit of a used tyre mission over this summer... we have had to reprioritise spending (AGAIN!) because we need to get the woodburner in asap and it leaves us short for other planned projects. So we've been trying to think what scavenged materials we could acquire for work in the garden etc. and have decided on a couple of uses for tyres:
Making earth-filled retaining walls - we need to terrace a bit of the garden and it doesn't need a massive weight bearing wall, more of a 70cm high raised bed side if you see what I mean, so tyres are free and can also be planted up when the wall is finished!
Cutting into sections to use as roofing tiles - the garden shed BADLY needs re-roofed, so this is a free way of doing it (using bent nails straightened out from pallets!) We'll be building some wood shelters as well, so they can be used for roofing that too.
Photos will be delivered when the weather's better enough to get out and conduct such experiments!
The roofing idea is something that hasn't been touched upon yet and a very good point about pallet nails (I have a couple of dozen of them somewhere safe... lol)
Now that it has been confirmed by preppingsu I will be getting in touch with my local council to confirm. I had no idea who to contact before.
I can think of a few different buildings I can make for free and once I have the materials I shall also post pics.
Thank you PreppingSu, without resourceful people like you on this site I would have assumed eventually that prepping is illegal. They seem to have a law against everything else.
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Planning to prepare is not preparing. If you've got money in abundance help others without it. If you don't have money READ! information can be more helpful than money in many instances and share what you learn.
A friend of mine who works at a recycling plant on an island (she calls herself a womble ) has been publicising this link about how to make pretty planters. Its got more tropical birds, and a play tunnel for kids, at the bottom of the page:
) has been publicising this link about how to make pretty planters. Its got more tropical birds, and a play tunnel for kids, at the bottom of the page: