RE: bed size

H* A*

Jennifer,

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is....

Having worked on enough environmental cases during my previous life as an
environmental and  litigation paralegal, I'm a little leery about recycling
tires for gardening use.  Tires as swings, doormats, soles for recreational
shoes - by all means.

However, that being said, I like the bed designs - inappropriate for a small
NYC garden like the Clinton Community Garden but undoubtedly useful
elsewhere. Now pre-made plastic board is inert and lives forever ( I
personally use in my own raised bed,  untreated wooden boards - which will
eventually have to be replaced. The plastic boards  are an option I will
consider next time, for sure.) 

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	ColumbusGardener@aol.com [SMTP:ColumbusGardener@aol.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:46 AM
> To:	community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re: [cg] bed size
> 
> Makes sense to me to say no tire material is not inert enough.  We live on
> a 
> military post and one of the rules is to NOT dump old tires in the woods 
> because of their toxicity to the environment.  When moved in and reported 
> that there were tires in the wood line behind our house the post sent out
> a 
> Hazardous Waste Team to remove them.  The fact that you are charged a tire
> 
> disposal fee when you have new tires put on your car (at least in our
> state) 
> leads me to believe that someone figured out that tires affect the 
> environment.   
> 
> *********************************** 
> Jennifer White                       
> Georgia Master Gardener   
> Columbus, GA                        
> ***********************************

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