the first 300 tomato stakes lasted over 15 years, made of locust they are strong enough to hold 8 foot tomato laden vines - and get pounded in annually... after years of use and weather damage, they may break below the soil, being hard to remove out of the ground...we have new ones this year and sold a few hundred, as well.
storm fallen trees get cut into fence posts on the wood mixer, with scrap made into tomato stakes.
portable pea and bean trellis.
