So now it begins.
I finally got off my rump and got started. I've been cobbling together the pieces and parts for a while. Got my bender last fall, I've been gathering barrels for a couple of years, got a bunch of wood of of freecycle. This summer I bough a bunch of top rail from home depot.

Here is what I did with the scrap lumber and bender:


Here is the extra top rail and my first attempts at bending:


Looks like I'm getting the hang of it, but boy does it build the upper body strength!

I'll be building a 20'X50' setup covering a small pond I dug a few years ago. That should help with thermal storage. I'll be lining it and extending it. I'll be using plastic barrels for grow beds and kiddie pools for fish as well as the pond. I'll also have some grow-out tanks.

I plan to heat it with veggie oil from local eateries.