our local feed store just got some of those old whiskey barrels...smell pretty good! but that's not the point of this post!! have you priced those things?? they wanted 25 bucks or so for half a barrel, and i didn't even ask how much a whole one was!! unless you got a good deal/ free....might want to check the price before you put much time into it. mark (interestingly, the feed store didn't have to assign many folks to unload those barrels...lots of employees volunteered!!! mark