First side....

To start a tire wall

And so it started with one used tire.  decent sidewall,  a little low on tread, perhaps a nail in it. 

Put some dirt in it,

Pack it in tight, and fill another.  And so it goes, for another 538 times. 

Papa Green and Morgan packing a tire (or 4).

Pouring concrete 11-7-2009

Add some concrete,

push it around,

and Sign it with Style!! 

A cement flecked Nina 

plumbing....

Joe added extra Re-Bar, created quite a trestle of support for the concrete around the plumbing

Making room for Plumbing

Sometimes you have to "finesse" the rocks out of the dirt.  So we rented a Jackhammer   (aaarrr)  and used it here to get deeper to accomodate plumbing into the house under the Tire Wall Foundation... and also in the septic line that had some stubborn stone that refuse to be budged by the spade.  I couldn't lift the thing, but Joe was fairly handy with it. A jackhammer will make much shorter work of rock in the way.                                                                                

Add alot of digging and some 2x4's....

(notice the grasses growing in...)  

Starting The Haus!!

Your average Joe...    and a  "Pick a Spot!"    any spot will do, with some thought.  

THE BEGINNING of the H.ouse O.f .Tires...

Little boy with a Stick...  to poke things with...  like dirt.  Or a bug.   And  pile of Tires.   Bottom Line, Cleared Property, ready to inscribe.