Thank for the detailed update Nancy. It's good to know in your wet and soggy climate you have had years' use out of it. Please don't expect anything anytime soon, I won't be back home for 3 months and then I have to finish my mother's bedsit, AND THEN the heat rolls in and I willbe hiding from the sun! I also have more needful things to do- prepare tree planting spots, create more vegie growing spaces, build frames and net my growing spaces, the list is endless. But perhaps I can do it in stages and it gives me plenty of time to come up with and discard ideas. As we're really dry and when it does rain it seeps away quickly, I might try digging down to keep a low profile. I'm also thinking of planting olive suckers around it to eventualy tie all together at the peak to disguise the plastic and if it's too high, I won'tn be able to manage it easily. Lots of food for thought but your build proves the concept, thank you.