What do you put under building in an outdoor garden to keep them from blowing away or bieng draged off by animals ?
Critter damage to various things in the garden is one of the reasons I don’t have a garden railroad.
The other reason is that my wife thinks that one unfinished railroad [in the house], is enough.
Seriously, though, the wind issue is easier to solve than the critter problems.Assuming you have a closed bottom in your buildings,you could mount your buildings onto a piece of plexiglass or aluminum, larger than the building base. Drill corner holes in this, and push 3 or 4" galvanized nails down into the gravel or soil. This pretty well handles the wind problem.Once in a while you may have to lift the building and put bug killer under it.Bugs under the building attracts critters who wio eat them [ie:skunks]. Make sure there are no openings in the buildings where squirrels or birds can hide seeds or nuts…this attracts raccoons, who might wio break the building apart right there, or carry it away.Good luck…I have had a raccoon knock an 8 lb. concrete frog into a pond for no reason at all, except maybe mischief !..regards/Mike
Bill Butts
Ihave used drop ceiling wire to tie 4 inch black conduit down. I am using half of the conduit under my track. Anyway, the drop wire can be driven into most soil with a hammer. A little bend on the end locks it in. I intend to afix a piece of pressure treated to the base of my buildings, and tie them down with the wire…