The plants may not be there for the 2nd season... There's rumors of a pool going in but thanks for the heads up.
If they stay I'll probably move the Columbus and Centennials around to the eastern side of the house.
First year bed at my folks place (I live in a 3rd floor apartment). Tilled in mushroom compost, manure, and general compost to improve the very clayey red dirt. Finally put up the monstrous hop teepee (thanks to EdWort for the inspiration) and transferred the bines from green tomato stakes...
Just my $0.02, if that thing is still structurally sound I'd want to try to make that into a fermenter - get a couple of triclamps welded on and make a stand or add legs. None the less it's a pretty sweet tank, where did you find it?
I'm using a Hoffman A12N126 like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hoffman-A12N126-Enclosure-With-2-Orange-Lights-/110646623582?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c30d7d5e&_uhb=1
I got a brand new one on Ebay for about $45 bucks.