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Recieved greenhouse in March 2015. Prepared a level site to place greenhouse in April, I'm 54 and put it up by myself on a sunny, calm day. It took about 7 hours. Very pleased with it. I planned on using it over winter months so I did a lot of extras, I caulked all seams along frame. I also dug 3 ft slots around foundation and buried foam boards in those slots. This was to help with more insulation to keep ground freezing from creeping under. I added some foam strips along door to also aid in insulating for winter months.
I have used the greenhouse very heavily thru all the seasons now. Spring for vegie garden seedlings, summer for house plants and flower gardens, fall for herbs and wedding flowers for a September 20th wedding, winter is here and I left a few herbs in to see how they would do. At this time I have Parsley, thyme, rosemary in it and they are doing very well. I plan to add a heater for next winter to grow more delicate greens.
We just had our first snowstorm, 31 inches. I live in York County, PA. I was surprised to see that the snow never accumulated more than 3 inches at the most on the roof. The warmness inside kept it melting off which was great, I was worried I would have to clear off snow but never had to. See attached pix. The building behind greenhouse is henhouse and goose house, the snow was so deep we had to clear it off their roofs.
I love the auto window opener. It works great. I also added a louver in back side to add more air flow over summer months and a misting unit with a timer I attached to shelves. I used regular garden hoses to attach to rain gutters and ran them in to 5 gal. bucket to collect water. I had cinder blocks that I turned on their side then used 2 x 4s to put on them for shelves.
I am very happy with this greenhouse.
January 2016 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase