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Wind is not my friend. I put up my scarecrow yesterday, and two hours later it was lyinng flat on its face. The wind picked up and knocked it over, and that was after I had dug a hole, placed it inside, tampted in the dirt and checked for stability.

Less than 15 mph wind snapped the wood.

Now I have to borrow one of those metal fence posts and one of those metal post smackers that force them into the ground so I can tie my scarecrow to it.

And it looked soooo good with the corn stalks I tied around it.



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Aww Brighton is a very windy place as well as we are on the coast, I remember 2 years ago, when I'd first moved here, I tied some Halloween balloons onto the railings outside my door to brighton up the patio, and they all blew away!!!!

Arwwww...I'm sorry that happened to you. I know this won't help with this particular problem because it was the wood that snapped, but when we dig and bury stakes, we tamp the dirt down as much as we can and then pour water over it to help it settle more. We've found that helps a lot. We buy a bag of dirt so that we can add more dirt once the watered down dirt settles because it does sink.

you should try to attach it with a rope to help it your problem is it's too high not large enough i mean your piece of wood is too thin and long so the wind jump on the scarecrow right away and put it on the floor i had the same problem with my grim reaper last year tii i attach him to the tree

WIND!!!! Grrrrrrr. The wind gets ridiculous here and has screwed up many a halloween prop. So I sympathize with ya.

Wind is exactly why I moved my "Haunted Sidewalk" to the "Haunted Garage" this year. Last year you could have seen Terra facing the wind and shaking her fist at it while her props were laying at her feet.

Rebar.

Lots and lots of rebar.

Just remember to call blue stakes (or whatever your local version is where they come mark power gas and water lines)

You could try one of those green plastic coated steel garden stakes (I get mine at Lowes - come in sizes from 12" to 6ft), hammer it in the ground, and then get a piece of hollow bamboo to put over it. That way you have the steel for structure and the bamboo for looks.
Good luck.

Finn

Ahhh...the wind, my enemy during the Halloween season as well. Living here in Western New York the winds really pick up in October and every year I am fighting to keep my props together and standing. A few years ago I began building props (i.e. scarecrow) out of PVC pipe and buying 1/2 inch to an inch metal pipe that I would hammer into the ground and then place the PVC legs over the pipe. It has help in keeping most things standing straight.

If you've replaced the wooden post with a metal one, try painting it, and wrapping some foliage (fake or real) to disguise it.

If you still have the cornstalks, a metal pole would be perfect - attach them to the pole, and it will effectively obscure the pole, as well as give a solid bracing to keep the stalks from blowing away.