Muleybull,
yes you could put grometts in the edges and sling them from trees or bushes.
the stakes are tent-pole, fiberglass,
with one end steel caped this end is ment to be stabbed in the ground.
There are times when there is nothing but rock.
i have found that if this is the case i look for weed clumps to set up in such as sage,
sorry some stiching came apart gator,
i tried to reinforce all the critical points,
yours is the first i have heard of this problem.