Thinner plastic allows the soil to heat up better but also tears more easily. Use plastic with a thickness of 1 to 4 mils for best results. Fill in the ditch around the perimeter with soil to hold the plastic in place. You may also wish to add rocks to the edges to help hold down the plastic.
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument traditionally made from the trunk of termite hollowed eucalyptus trees from Australia (like the one pictured at left, which is being played by our mate Lewis Burns).
Dido in the Aeneid is a fascinating character, a wise and respectable ruler of a great civilization. A comparative study of the Dido--Aeneas episode in Virgil's Aeneid and Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queene of Carthage. Dido also hinted we may hear her sing about her new passion on her next album.