How to make a shepherds hook about one foot taller

Depending on how much you want to extend the height of your shepherds hook, you can use the following as a general guideline. In this example we will extend the height by an additional two feet.

1. Dig a hole 2 feet deep and approximately 12 to 18 inches wide.
2. Once the hole is dug, insert a 4 feet long by 8 inch wide concrete form tube into the hole and then back-fill the hole around the outside of the tube to keep it from moving. You will now have 2 feet of tube buried in the ground and the remaining 2 feet standing above ground level.
3. Using a ‘quick set’ concrete for fence posts, pour your freshly mixed concrete into the tube and fill it flush to the top.
4. Once filled, take a rubber mallet or a scrap block of wood and gently but firmly tap all around the outside of the exposed portion of the form tube to ensure that the any air pockets in the concrete are removed. This should not take longer than two or three minutes of tapping.
5. Ensure that the concrete at the top of the form tube is flush with the top of the tube and has a flat surface. Now take your shepherd hook and stick it into the center of the form tube just deep enough to cover the ‘h’ shaped ground anchor at the base of the shepherds hook.
6. Once you have buried the ‘h’ shaped ground anchor into the concrete, Ensure that the shepherds hook is plumb (i.e. Standing straight and not leaning)
7. Quick setting concrete will begin to harden within 5 to 10 minutes after being poured so you can either continue to hold the shepherds hook in place for a few minutes or use something to brace it so that it does not move until the concrete hardens enough to hold the shepherds hook in place.
8. Within a couple of hours you can remove the exposed portion of the form tube using a a sharp knife or similar cutting tool. Once cut you can just peel it away from your newly formed concrete pillar.
9. now you can hang whatever you wish on your newly elevated and permanently secured shepherds hook.