A different way to make raised beds with tires

Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] A different way to make raised beds with tires

Unless I am misunderstanding your idea, Berny, I believe it may have a fundamental problem. You suggest putting the bottles inside the beds of tires. The Peruvians had the water outside the beds. With bottles inside the tires, there would not be much room for plants, and with the beds filled with soil, the bottles wouldn't be exposed to sunlight anyway.

I believe the black tires will absorb enough heat that something else is rarely needed, and I wouldn't want the appearance bottles create, even if they are on the outside. In addition, the bottles filled with water would stop the natural absorption of sunlight onto the tires.

May I recommend the solution Dr. Mittleider has found works extremely well - that has been tested and proven in many locations? If you need more protection or heat than the box itself provides, build "mini-greenhouses" over the beds using "A-frame" PVC pipe and greenhouse plastic. A picture will be posted at the group site, and instructions are in The Mittleider Gardening Course.