What is the best way to store tipi poles?
The best thing to do, if you have the option, is store them inside, horizontally, above the ground a few inches, supported every five to six feet. If you have to store them outdoors, stand them up as vertical as possible. Find a tree with a crotch in it, lay a piece of plywood on the ground, stand the poles upright with the butts on the plywood, leaning them into the crotch of the tree. Bundle the poles together with a long rope, then tie the poles to the tree, so they won’t blow over in a wind storm. If you don’t have a tree, but you do have a garage or outbuilding that you can stand them up against, put the plywood on the ground, stand the poles on the plywood, make a framework on your roof so the poles can’t slide left or right, then bundle the poles together with a long rope and tie them to the outbuilding. If none of these options are available or practical, and you have to store your poles outside, lay them horizontal, approximately three to four feet off the ground (so the weeds
