[Homestead] [Fwd: Re: bev - Potato Q - and Sage]

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Tue Dec 9 13:06:40 EST 2008


This has been studied a bunch.  Tires don't really leach, as such.  What 
gets into the air, soil and ground water is what is worn off when you drive 
on roads.

The tires we use we have the tire shop do a pressure wash on before we bring 
them home.  For the heck of it, we've had a local chemistry teacher test the 
soil (he used it as a lesson for his students) and there was nothing in our 
soil.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry at gmail.com>
To: <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] [Fwd: Re: bev - Potato Q - and Sage]


> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:34 AM, EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> I use a mixture of hay and a few shovelfuls of soil...from right next to
>> the pile of tires. I don't dig a hole anywhere-the way I see it, I am
>> just borrowing the topsoil, it gets put back when I knock over the
>> tires.  I fill up the tire with hay, and then add the dirt to  kind of
>> weight it down...one, two, or three shovelfuls, depending on the dirt
>> and the size of the tire.
>
>
> I've heard of this method but always wondered what the effects or
> consequences were, if any, of having soil and plants surrounded by rubber.
> Nothing leaches out of the tire?
>
> Lisa
>
>>
>>
>>
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