Using old tires to plant potatos

Mike Martin plans to stack used tires on his garden plot in York to grow potatoes. The stacked tires are filled with soil and the potatoes planted.

The potatoes grow down through the tires and when the it's time to harvest, the stacked tires are torn down and potatoes extracted.

Mike Martin planted a community garden last year and gave out 1400 pounds of food to those who need it in his neighborhood. He's planting it again this year, aiming for 2,000 pounds of food, and he's adding a second garden for the food bank.

Students from the River Rock Academy, an alternative school in Spring Grove, were helping Martin prepare the garden for Spring this week,