making containers

If you google "Thai garbage cans" you may find pics and instructions of how they are made. You'll need a sharp knife and some way of stapling/riveting them together. Not sure what they use for the base.

Let me know how you get on.

 

Snowbaby, for ease and swiftness you can just stack tyres without any cutting etc. I just got carried away with the Thai ones.

 

Oh yes, I get that. I don't have the skills to do anything other than stack and fill em up hehe!! I meant by the paint in order to protect the plants (from the tyre rubber?!)
I'm definately going to try it though, I have 2 tyres in the garden which I acquired from my local kwikfit as I thought the kids would enjoy climbing etc on them, but the inside fills with water meaning the kids get soaked (bahaha!) so currently they are redundant. I might pay another visit to kwikfit - if I can stabalise them when stacked, they could potentially be so much deeper than the planter tubs I find in local stores here.

 

@Madahhlia

One could certainly use the actual tyre but the rubber is really tough and one would need a very sharp knife and probably lots of plasters too.
A hacksaw may do it and be safer than a knife, may even have a go with a jig saw as well .

For the actual "container" the inner tube will certainly be easier and use the tyre for the stand.

@Snowbaby
As for using food cans for growing herbs in, won't the cans corrode with time and possibly taint the herbs?

 

Oooooh maybe. That's no use. Back to pintrest!

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Tainted with iron is ok, good for you

In days gone by they'd put a rusty nail in the drinking water bucket.

@fat controller still drinks something called Irn brew I think

 

When our last washing up bowl developed a crack, instead of throwing it out I used it for growing carrots in the greenhouse.
It's currently got 'Arctic King' winter lettuce growing in it.

 

Irn bru - drink of the gods

 

Love this thread. I will be scouring my house and garden for inspiration and watching with interest for what others come up with. I've only so far re-used old bricks and slates for edging and raised borders but there's an old tin bath down the bottom of the garden that could be cleaned up. The wellies/shoes are still my favourite, so far.

 

Now there's a thought, using Girders to form a serious raised bed with added Iron

 

Iron is OK but food tins as far as I know are made from alloys and normally "sealed" with a protective film several microns thick and when that goes, who knows what can leach out of the alloy.

 

Being a bit over complicated there Dave, food tins are Steel or Aluminium.

Only alloys I know of being used are for tubes of Tomato & Garlic pureé.

Wouldn't like to mess with the Aluminium ones though

 

Don't know how readily available coconuts are in the UK: