Raised Bed Garden, Square Foot Gardening, Recycling

Used tires bring together the concept of raised bed gardening as well as the maximizing plan of square foot gardening, plus it addresses the problem of what to do with an old tire, and as I've discovered, it saves $2.00 on the disposal fee. Why fill up landfills with tires, when I can fill the tires with "land" and have square foot, raised gardens all over the place? That's how I'm planting strawberries, zucchini, cucumbers, and whatever else comes to mind. Of course, I'm planting in the ground, also. As a matter of fact, I can hardly get blogs posted for being outdoors these days. Today was beautiful, over 70 and busy, so I couldn't wait to get into the garden and get the rest of it tilled up. I'm going through my seeds tonight and tomorrow, it will be official! The beginning of the 2012 Garden will be in the ground. Actually, I'm a little over a week late, but we've been blessed with a few rainy nights and it's been too muddy to till until today. As a matter of fact, there were still a few places the wheels sank, but it looks wonderful! Now, tomorrow, out to the garden with my specially chosen heirloom seeds of sugar snap peas, radishes and a variety of leafy greens. G-d willing, the salad fixin's will be ready by the first of April. But back to my tires. This tire gardening really does appear to be the best of both space saving and back saving garden ideas. I've even planted fruit trees in the tires. Now that was a bit more work, in that I also had to dig a hole in the ground, but I can just see the extra mulch around them already and I'm planning on strawberries around them. By having the tire, the strawberries should get plenty of nutrients from the top soil and straw in the tires and the fruit trees will actually spread their roots deep into the ground soil, but the tires full of soil really give these young trees extra support as they get established. This isn't just about utilizing the land, but it's also about preserving other land from being trash heaps. Tires that are filled with straw and soil to produce something of value seems a far better purpose than filling a landfill.
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless Y-H-W-H thy G-d for the good land which he hath given thee.