"What do you do with a big pipe sticking out of the ground?"

That was the question I was asking myself after our DirecTV dish was moved, from a pole out in the yard, up to our roof. The pipe was just the right size enough for me to try something. Put our patio umbrella in it.

What do you know, It works!

The benefits to moving our patio furniture there are it's off the asphalt, and it's closer to the garden. The disadvantages are stickers and ants, but I think I can take care of those.