Brassica cage woes

[1Bee]

I've hit a problem with my brassica cage. Following great advice on here I constructed the usual scaffolding-net-and-water-pipe cage and it functioned beautifully. When I came to dismantle it last week, I found that when some of the pipe 'legs' came up, the canes appeared to have vanished. So I can only assume they have rotted, broken at or below soil level, and the rest is lodged inside the pipe, making it impossible to re-use them.

Any ideas? :-(

[21up]

put a strong stake at the side of each leg about 1 inch square and tye wraps round stake and leg

[1Bee]

That, sir, is a suggestion of genius.

Why didn't I think of that?! Thank you!