Best kind of shepherds hook for bird-feeders, plants, etc?
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Best kind of shepherds hook for bird-feeders, plants, etc? Newbie 10-16-2008
Posted by Newbie on October 16, 2008, 9:14 am
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 I am looking for a tall shepherds hook, to be planted into the ground
and with 3-4 hooks to hand bird feeders and/or seasonal plants.

Local shops don't have anything suitable, so it has to be mail-order,
making it difficult to judge quality etc from pictures alone.

Two questions for the experienced experts here:

(1) Which companies make the best product?

(2) I have seen two ways of securing them to the ground. One has 3-5
spikes that you step on and push into the ground. Another has just the
pole, but the bottom is like a corkscrew with threads and needs to be
screwed in. Which one would be stronger and more secure as different
feeders and plants are hung from the top?

Thanks for any and all advice.

Posted by Sheldon on October 16, 2008, 12:18 pm
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> I am looking for a tall shepherds hook, to be planted into the ground
> and with 3-4 hooks to hand bird feeders and/or =EF=BF=BDseasonal plants.
>
> Local shops don't have anything suitable, so it has to be mail-order,
> making it difficult to judge quality etc from pictures alone.
>
> Two questions for the experienced experts here:
>
> (1) Which companies make the best product?
>
> (2) I have seen two ways of securing them to the ground. One has 3-5
> spikes that you step on and push into the ground. Another has just the
> pole, but the bottom is like a corkscrew with threads and needs to be
> screwed in. Which one would be stronger and more secure as different
> feeders and plants are hung from the top?
>
> Thanks for any and all advice.

I don't know that an actual shepherd's hook will work, on the ones
I've seen the curve points down with not enough recurve for hanging
anything. I have a wrought iron plant hangar that I mostly use for
hanging hummingbird feeders but it will easily support like two 20
pound hanging plants... being a double it's actually more mechanically
sound as it balances the weight, a single will flex under more than
like ten pounds. It's made of ordinary round stock with a decorative
casting that supports the scecond curve, attached with welds. The
part that goes into the ground is a like a trident with two shorter
side prongs welded on... just step on it like a garden spade, very
stable and wont rotate. I bought it many years ago at a plant
nursery, I still see very similar ones for sale, for the real deal
they're not cheap... I've seen cheapo plastic replicas, probably won't
last a season

I probably have a better picture somewhere but this should give a good
idea: http://i37.tinypic.com/be7y93.jpg


Posted by Newbie on October 16, 2008, 1:20 pm
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In article

: I don't know that an actual shepherd's hook will work, on the ones
: I've seen the curve points down with not enough recurve for hanging
: anything. I have a wrought iron plant hangar that I mostly use for
: hanging hummingbird feeders but it will easily support like two 20
: pound hanging plants... being a double it's actually more mechanically
: sound as it balances the weight, a single will flex under more than
: like ten pounds. It's made of ordinary round stock with a decorative
: casting that supports the scecond curve, attached with welds. The
: part that goes into the ground is a like a trident with two shorter
: side prongs welded on... just step on it like a garden spade, very
: stable and wont rotate. I bought it many years ago at a plant
: nursery, I still see very similar ones for sale, for the real deal
: they're not cheap... I've seen cheapo plastic replicas, probably won't
: last a season
:
: I probably have a better picture somewhere but this should give a good
: idea: http://i37.tinypic.com/be7y93.jpg

Thanks. This is one of the options I am looking at

<http://www.greenesteem.com/products/template/product_detail.php?PHPSESS
ID=23a8e1c603e46434855fcf436c3274d2&item_id_D=200>

I need at least 3 and possibly 4 hooks. That should help with balance,
but the pole has to be strong.

Posted by Sheldon on October 16, 2008, 6:04 pm
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> In article
>
>
> : I don't know that an actual shepherd's hook will work, on the ones
> : I've seen the curve points down with not enough recurve for hanging
> : anything. =EF=BF=BDI have a wrought iron plant hangar that I mostly use=
for
> : hanging hummingbird feeders but it will easily support like two 20
> : pound hanging plants... being a double it's actually more mechanically
> : sound as it balances the weight, a single will flex under more than
> : like ten pounds. =EF=BF=BDIt's made of ordinary round stock with a deco=
rative
> : casting that supports the scecond curve, attached with welds. =EF=BF=BD=
The
> : part that goes into the ground is a like a trident with two shorter
> : side prongs welded on... just step on it like a garden spade, very
> : stable and wont rotate. =EF=BF=BDI bought it many years ago at a plant
> : nursery, I still see very similar ones for sale, for the real deal
> : they're not cheap... I've seen cheapo plastic replicas, probably won't
> : last a season
> :
> : I probably have a better picture somewhere but this should give a good
> : idea: =EF=BF=BDhttp://i37.tinypic.com/be7y93.jpg
>
> Thanks. This is one of the options I am looking at
>
> <http://www.greenesteem.com/products/template/product_detail.php?PHPSESS
> ID=3D23a8e1c603e46434855fcf436c3274d2&item_id_D=3D200>
>
> I need at least 3 and possibly 4 hooks. That should help with balance,
> but the pole has to be strong.

You might consider making your own... set a wooden fence post in the
ground and bolt as many hanging arms to it as you want

Posted by bthache on October 16, 2008, 7:25 pm
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Or try what my husband built me a year and a half ago: an 8 foot high abs
pipe with feeder hooks attached to it. No squirrel or chipmunk has been
able to climb it in 18 months! It's cemented into the ground and has a
platform feeder off to one side.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2441298840048697500toHkog

--
Tammie
In Ontario, north of Lake Superior



You might consider making your own... set a wooden fence post in the
ground and bolt as many hanging arms to it as you want


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