| Srgnt Billko 2006-07-23, 5:25 pm |
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"I Love Lucy" <nomore@monkey.biz> wrote in message
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> What I have are six wrought iron candle stakes that I am going to use in
> the yard near the front or side sidewalk where they will be very visible
> for either tealights or little potted plants. I'm afraid somebody will
> steal them (neighbor got some of his garden stuff stolen a couple weeks
> ago).
>
> I've been kicking around what to do for some time now while I worked to
> clean them up, prime them and paint with rustoleum. I thought at first to
> anchor them in concrete in a brick? Anchor them in concrete in a cutoff
> pepsi bottle as a form? Etc. Then bury or "plant" them.
>
> Now I have decided the easiest thing would be to cut the top off a pepsi
> bottle part way, leaving about 6-8 inches (not sure about exact amount),
> and drill? a hole in the bottom, stick the stake end through the hole,
> clip it with something that can be removed but not while it's underground,
> under the bottle, and bury that. Those bottoms are tough and I can't cut
> into the bottom with my exacto knife.
>
> What I need is some kind of clip that will grip underneath so if somebody
> tries to pull them up, they will meet with resistance from the weight of
> the dirt that will be filling the pepsi bottle. If I don't clip them, the
> stake will just pull out of the hole in the bottle and dirt.
>
> With the latter method, I don't have to ruin my stakes by anchoring them
> in concrete or something permanent. It will be a nuisance if I want to
> move them or bring them in for the winter, but if it's not one thing, it's
> another.
>
> Maybe somebody has a better idea with pvc pipe or something I wouldn't
> think of. Somebody suggested on another forum that I link them all
> together with chains and bury all that, but that would be really difficult
> for me, first the securing part of the chains and secondly burying all
> that mess.
Bend a couple inches of the rod 90* - that will stop it from coming through.
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