RACINE — A Racine property owner is bemoaning a plan commission ruling denying her request to use a painted tire as a planter, and she is hoping to get a few aldermen in her corner. Alicia Villa ...

Short-term, yes, tire planters are OK, although the soil in black tire planters will probably get hotter than most plants would prefer. Long-term, no, because the tire rubber will slowly ...

RACINE — A woman’s quest to use a painted tire as an outdoor planter could soon result in a change to a city ordinance, allowing the repurposing of waste tires. But adjustments to the zoning ...

RISON - Les Walz is cooking up a gardening experiment. Its main ingredients are potato plants and old tires. Walz is the cooperative extension agent for Cleveland County. He has been instrumental ...

and Pandina incorporated elements of upcycling in the garden via tire planter and gallon jug watering cans as a show of the community’s values around sustainability. “It’s just an ...