A tropical bird planter made from worn tires adds colour to your Lawn Care cost Littleton, CO and gives you a means to avoid costly tire recycling charges. The bird planter design includes a head, beak and long tail feathers, complete with a little basin in the center to hold a flowerpot. The planter handles can be slid over a hook or attached into a branch with rope to symbolize a colorful bird flying at the lawn in San Diego.

Wash the tire thoroughly with mild dish detergent to remove any dirt and debris. This makes the task less messy for you, and rids the tire of any accumulated oils and chemicals that might contaminate the soil.

Puncture the tire in a place where the sidewall meets the tire tread, using a punch tool or screwdriver. Insert a sharp, serrated knife or a small handsaw — like a keyhole saw or compass watched — at the hole. Cut along the sidewall-tread seam about three-fourths of the way around the tire. Repeat this process on the other sidewall-tread seam on the other side of the tread.

Cut the tire across the tread — from sidewall to sidewall — approximately two-thirds of the way along the cut section of the circle. This splits the cut portion of the circle to permit one-third for the mind and two-thirds of this cut portion for the stunning tail feathers. You might need wire cutters to cut through the thin wires embedded in the tire treads.

Turn the tire inside out. This can prove a bit hard, but is a lot easier to do after you’ve created the major cuts in the tire. This measure is optional, but results from the treads being visible to add texture to the tropical bird’s tail feathers.

Cut the treads over the longer, two-thirds side into strips about 2 inches wide to create the individual tail feathers. If needed, cut a wedge shape from the end of every feather, the like you might cut in the end of a decoration, to make it appear more like a tail.

Bend the thin feather strips back so the treads face and bend downward.

Cut the end of this one-third section of the tire so that the borders are curved to resemble a bird’s head. Cut a beak shape from this cut piece or from scrap from another tire. The size and shape of the beak is up to you. For example, cut a wide, rounded, downward-curving beak shape if you want to make a parrot. Cut a slit from the one-third section of the tire to exactly the same length as the beak height. Turn the pieces of tire on both sides of the slit back, sandwiching the beak between them. Apply a bead of construction adhesive along the joints where the beak meets the tire slit to help hold it in position. Tape the pieces together with duct tape until the adhesive dries.

Paint the bird your choice of colors with acrylic paint or some similar general purpose paint. The colour scheme is up to you, but try to stick with three to four colors, using one as the primary color and the other colors as accents. For example, to make a parrot, paint the body and mind of this tire bird bright crimson, using colors like blue, green and yellow at the tail feathers and along the sides — where you didn’t cut — to provide the illusion of wings. Paint a bit of white on the head with black circles for the eyes. Paint the beak orange or yellow. Spray a protective clear coat or polyurethane to protect the paint.

Poke a few drain holes at the well within the tire so potting soil could drain. Fill the well with potting soil or a mixture of peat moss, compost and vermiculite. Alternatively, place a potted Stump Removal price Phoenix, AZ within the nicely — this option works well if you want to change the plants with the seasons.

Collect the sidewalls together in the top just as you’d bring together handles on a bag. Place them above a hook, or tie them together with a rope to hang the tropical bird planter. All these sidewall handles are what’s left about three-fourths of this tire after you split them in the treads.