Should pegs really go in at a 45° angle? We unpack the biggest myth surrounding pegs with some input from professionals ...

The Glastonbury music festival will tell campers to use tent pegs made out of potatoes at this summer's event. Metal pegs that are left behind can harm the cows that live on Worthy Farm, Somerset, ...

FAQs Can I take tent pegs on a plane? Yes, but they must be packed in your checked luggage, as they're considered a potential weapon and aren't allowed in carry-on bags.

This was published 3 years ago Bring out your tent pegs and poles: camping is back Richard Glover October 28, 2021 — 6.00am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

The pegs, made from wheat and potatoes, will stop injuries to dairy cows from the hundreds of metal tent pegs that are left every year after the event.

To combat the problem this June, more than a million biodegradable tent pegs will be given out as 137,500 revellers arrive for the event, expected to feature rapper Jay-Z, Kings Of Leon and The Verve.

They use it in the turf industry and we’ve just discovered it. “So we’re going to force people to use the tent pegs and not use the wire ones. Potato starch, they’re actually made from.” ...

If your guy line is pulling at the peg at, say, a 45° angle, then surely offsetting those forces by putting the peg into the ground at the equivalent 45° angle is the way to maximise strength.