Benefits of Tire Walls
There are many ways to re-use spent tires. Building a tire-wall is one way to transform your property with 0 cost!
This tire wall cost us nothing, other than a lot of labor. Necessary tools are pickaxe, shovel, and sledgehammer.
The rocks which are dug up go in the bottom of the tires to prevent dirt from falling out when they are stacked, and then the dirt is pounded into the tires to fill them and make them solid.
Then, Sod is placed on top of the wall and in some of the cracks to fill the holes. The sod ends up vegetating the wall so that in time, the tires won't be visible at all!
End result is a solid wall, built for 0 cost, with recycled materials, which will last a lifetime and ends up being a beautiful feature which can be combined with various forms of vegetation.
One of our favorite methods is to plant berry bushes in the top course of tires for food production, concealment, and a natural kind of barrier on top!
Indroducing curves into the wall is essential for its stability. If the wall is just straight, it can sway if you push on it, but with curves in it, it's solid as can be!
There's tons of great projects that can be done with recycled tires. And, pretty much every auto-shop is happy to give them away for free since they usually have to pay to dispose of them!
Wonderful ideas! Resteeming...
I just learned (yet again) to not judge a book by it's cover. I thought the wall wasn't so pretty at first, but I love the idea that vegetation will eventually cover the whole thing, and you wouldn't even be able to see the tires. Wonderful idea.
Yes! In this climate it only takes a couple years for the whole wall to pull a disappearing act. We're also experimenting with different ideas like stapling trellises to the tire walls to speed up the process, and working towards integrating food production with them- like grapes growing on the sides and berries out of the top. A 0$ investment for effective garden walls for private and secure areas!
Not so pretty !
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;)