How do you anchor a metal dress form into garden dirt permanently?
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Are you prepared to keep the form in you garden even after it becomes rusty? Dress forms are not made to be used outdoors, so I would doubt it if it was rust-proof........
Dig a hole, fill it with QuikCrete, pour in some water, wait until it start to harden and STICK in that frame!
Clear coat the dress form with several coats of Rustoleum to prevent rust.
We used "hair pins" made of 1/2 in rebar about 16 inches long (once bent) and hammered them down over the legs of a Harbor Freight garage/shade structure...into the dirt and it never blew over. 1/4 in rebar should work for your dress form... if your dirt is very hard... use a large screw driver or spike to start the holes.
So it does not have a center rod support structure?
I was thinking that the center pole could be permanently fixed in a bucket of cement and that bucket decoratively encased or buried in the soil.
I would hammer a metal pipe into the ground with a sledgehammer below any frost line.... then mix cement and put your form in place with a couple wooden supports to keep it level, and pour the cement in to secure it.
Tent stakes.
This was the best post I found:
https://www.hunker.com/12398429/how-to-hold-down-and-secure-lawn-decorations
Without all the drama,use heavy stakes made specifically for lawn ornaments.Home Depot has the heavy spikes available in the Lumber dept
Bass Pro has them.
Set it in Concrete
As far as mounting the form, keep in mind that to withstand wind, usually structures should be "anchored" underground with a length equal to the height showing above ground. I would suggest that you permanently install one or two poles into underground concrete, using the same method as with small or narrow fence posts.
To allow removing for maintenance, attach the dress form to the pole with clamps, or wire.