Several have written that this is hard to set up by one person. I found it easy. I laid it out flat and bent back the ends (to get rids of the curls from being rolled up). Then I folded it back on itself and hooked it together with two of the clips. Then I stood it up and used the rest of the clips. The posts are rather flimsy, but I didn't use them as I had some spare metal fence posts that I used. I think the posts that came with this could be used to hold it in place, but then you would need to fill the unit maybe half full in order to hold the shape. All-in-all I think this was a worthwhile purchase.