Is there a trick, or kink, or wrinkle, for putting in
an earth stake with the knowledge that it will go all the way
down (3 feet) into the ground without hitting an obstacle
so leaving you with a problem stake that is only half way in
but held so firmly by the soil that you cannot get it out?

(and thereby hangs a tale (tail?), for I have such a stake
with an inverted bottle over it to circumvent the taking
out of one's eye)