We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Old, worn-out tires are generally easy to come by. Between common mishaps like driving over a nail or simply the wear and tear of your daily ...

On the Web: More of a visual learner? Check out Tire Business' Facebook page for a photo gallery. AKRON—Since I started at Tire Business, I have had to go to my local tire/automotive aftermarket ...

SANDUSKY — After retiring twice, 63-year-old Darrel Goff wanted something to do with his time and through that search he stumbled right back in to work. Goff, of Sandusky, now crafts and sells ...

RACINE — She may not have gotten her hearing before the City Council, but a local real estate agent hasn’t given up her quest to use a painted truck tire as a planter. Alicia Villa approached the City ...

Courtesy Asparagus grows in these tire planters. Hippies, organic gardeners and New Age environmentalists would like to think they invented recycling, but they didn’t. Cottage gardeners, country folks ...

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 biodegrade ...