OK...here's a project I'm planning for the next two weeks. Moved to a new neighborhood back in September, and other vegetable gardeners here tell me that the deer bring shopping carts and pruning shears when they target a garden. So, I'm resurrecting an old idea I used at another place. I'm going to make U-shaped tunnels (like quonset huts) made of galvanized fence wire, and place them over certain rows. Previously, I've only had to deal with rabbits, so I've held the tunnels in place by bending some of the wire outward and putting bricks on them. I suspect that deer will laugh at this arrangement. So, I want to use some sort of heavy metal stakes instead. My first thought was to use u-shaped pieces of rebar, placed over each end of the tunnels and pressed into the ground. My theory for bending the rebar: Tie a blanket around an appropriately shaped tree (to protect the bark), and my son and I will pull the rebar into a U shape, using the tree as a form.
But...I've never handled rebar. Does the bending idea sound practical?