Alternatives to extension cord over the grass to light a Christmas tree

cafe_carl

I have a nice little pine tree that sits about 30 feet from the corner of my house. Ideally, I think it would look nice to throw some Christmas lights on it and spread some holiday cheer. I hesitate to just lay an extension cord over the grass. My main fear is someone cutting across the yard and tripping over it. Any alternatives to safely light that tree?

Originally asked by LarsTech on Stack Exchange (diy) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

This is what we sell quite a bit of, more at this time of year than other times. Some people call them rocket post, or landscape post. This is the post... This gives you an idea of what you can add to it... Click here to get the color flyer Basically if you have a receptacle outside in a convenient location you can remove the weather proof cover and put this on... ...run conduit from one of the 1/2 or 3/4 threaded hubs (your choice when you buy) and run PVC to the post. At the post end you just end the PVC run with an elbow to come through the ground. You keep the top of the post blanked off or put almost any landscape light you want on top of it. It has a 1 gang opening one 2 sides and you...

Full answer by lqlarry: https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/10429 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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