[Ponte Alto] A tent pole saga and question

[L E Storey]

I've found them at Tart Lumber in Ashburn, VA -- don't recall the cost, though.

Tart Lumber Co‎
22195 Shaw Rd, Sterling, VA
(703) 450-5040

Good luck!

Cheers,
-Iohanna

2008/3/18 Jude theObscure <xgreenjudasx at yahoo.com>:
>
> Good afternoon to the list,
>
> When Abel and I bought our tent from Tribe Badir we were told that there
> were these mystical things called "landscaping poles" which were 6-8 feet
> tall, round, wooden, thicker than a closet dowel (think about a good, hefty
> polearm thickness), and cheap, and thus they should be used for the poles of
> our tent.
>
> Here on the east coast if you go into a garden or lumber store looking for
> "landscaping poles" they look at you funny. I've let my fingers do the
> walking on Google and have found some photos of what I'm looking for:
>
> http://www.totalpoles.co.uk/machined-landscape-poles.html
>
> http://www.landscapesupply.ca/products/product.php?pid=1610
>
> https://www.oescoinc.com/product_info.php?products_id=2124
>
> Now, as I've visited a plethora of garden shops, lumber yards, and arborists
> in the NOVA area along with the large and unhelpful entities that Home Depot
> and Lowes are, and I am thoroughly convinced these types of poles are simply
> not found in this area. So far I've heard them called: machine rounded
> landscaping poles, small landscaping timber, tree poles, trees stakes,
> grapestakes, but sadly no matter what they are called people simply do not
> have them in stock.
>
> It's maddening because the landscaping poles are apparently 3 bucks each,
> while an 8 foot closet dowel is 3 dollars a foot. At 12 poles a tents, well,
> I'd rather go the cheap route.
>
> Before I give up hope and buy 2x2 posts and sand them down, does anyone know
> of a store in the NOVA, MD, or DC area that carries these mystical machine
> rounded landscaping poles? If so, I'd appreciate an e-mail from you.
>
> Thank you!
> Lady Baska the Depraved
>
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