So you have used tires or one used tire lying around and you want to use it for something. So what do you do? Well, there are many great uses for them, its quite surprising really.

Whatever you do, don’t let your tire just sit outside. They are great harboring grounds for mosquitoes, especially if it rains, and the tire absorbs the water. You should clean them with warm water and soap, Then store them somewhere inside, until you have figured out what you want to do with them.

*** If you wish to make a garden using your used tire, make sure that you do not grow any plants that you wish to eat in them. There is a metal called cadmium within the tires. This is a very poisonous metal and oftentimes becomes absorbed into potatoes, carrots, cabbages, lettuce, carrots, and turnips.

Make a hanging table planter.
Make a hanging table with your tire. By a wood round that is about the size of your tire. Then drill four holes into the wood and the tire. Then use strong chains to hang the tire over a tree branch and then bolt the chains together. You can cut in small holes for cups and you can paint the wood. Its great! You can sit under that tree and use the table as a cup holder or plate holder.

Fishing uses
Fishing fleets use the tires as bumpers for boats. This will prevent the boat from slamming into other tires.

Planting
Fill the tire with dirt and place in your favorite plant or flower. You may then choose to cover the tire with dirt. You may also choose to turn the tire inside out. Cut through the middle and all the way around and turn it inside out, it may take some work!