Don't paint the tyres
I would suggest to Toddler that painting the tyres could be counterproductive. I grow in stacks of tyres - 3 or 4 high. Much easier on my back - no bending. Easier to manage the type of growing medium and also, and importantly, the black walls catch the low Winter & Spring sun and warm the compost sooner, allowing me to start my growing off earlier. It is also much easier to provide cover for more tender plants - an old net curtain will keep off the frost, birds, cabbage white butterfly, and so on.
And, by filling the side walls with shredded paper, I get this composted as I go along.
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