Feeder install advice

Hey folks.

I've got a fairly nice feeder that's designed to be pole mounted, but I'm running into questions while trying to figure out how to install it.

The most effective method would be to dig a hole and cement the pole into place, but the house is a rental and I don't want to do anything so permanent. The yard is fairly narrow and the tall fence is effectively a squirrel highway - which has caused the wife to rule out my preferred option - lashing the mounting pole to the deeply rooted and secure fence posts.

The feeder probably weights 8-10 pounds empty.

An appealing idea is the use of a free-standing sand or water-filled base, like for umbrellas, but they probably won't accommodate the existing mounting pole (pole diameter is probably too large) and I'm concerned about them toppling over if the wind picks up.

I'm thinking I may lash it to the fence and then just live with an angry woman when tree rats snag all the seed.

Thoughts? Options?

How about something like this? I'd put it at least 5' from your squirrel highway, and also install a squirrell baffle on the 1" pole you mount in this thing. The baffle is like this. You could use this on top of the pole. If you're not big on that round base, why not just pound the 1" pole into the soil? You could use iron pipe so it would be good and strong.

Something like that could work, especially if I covered it with rocks or bricks or something to keep it steady.

Good call on the iron bar. If I can come up with something thick enough, it's possible I could just sledge it down through the soil, and then I could just pull the feeder's hollow (but heavy) mounting pole over the top of it. As long as there's enough of it in the ground and enough of it sticking out the top, it should be pretty stable. I think the base diameter of the pole is something like 2 1/4 inches, but I'll have to look.

I do actually have a baffle to keep the rodents away, but if I were to mount it to the fence post, I'd have to raise the feeder well above the top of the fence for it to be useful.

You could get a christmas tree stand, set the pole in it and crank down the bolts till they fit, then fill the base with pea gravel like this:

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I drive a 3/4" metal pipe into the ground and slip the pole over it.