Flower House FHSP300CL SpringHouse Greenhouse, Clear

This little greenhouse it terrific! I love it and have told all my friends and relatives about it so they can get one too.I bought it to "save" tomatoes and herbs in my kitchen garden from freezing too soon. Our nights have dropped to freezing starting the last week of August and I had been going out to cover everything in flannel sheets and comforters every night then going out every morning to uncover them for daytime when it would be hot and sunny. It was just like having kids to put to bed every night and I couldn't leave home without worrying about not getting things covered before the night air got cold. Now I have this greenhouse, I just unzip the doors on the top section to allow for venting if the day is too warm and the air in the greenhouse stays just right even if I don't get home until after dark to zip it up all the way. The plants have really benefited from the added humidity too. I have even dug up some tomaoes, peppers and eggplants from the big garden and potted them in the greenhouse to see what happens. (The big garden has long since succumbed to the cold) They are starting to put out fruit and this greenhouse has given me at least one or two extra months for fresh produce and herbs.Setup was a snap. I did it all by myself in nothing flat and then my husband gave me a hand with the tie downs because we have winds on a regular basis that can pick up a metal garage building and move it several feet. He was dubious about it staying put but by the time we got all the included tie downs in place he has changed his opinion.Since the greenhouse is open on the bottom, I just slid it over my existing plants and then adjusted the position of the "skirting" on walls of my raised bed. After securing the tiedowns, I used some bricks on the outside skirting to secure it around the uneven terrain that I had errected it on. Next I installed the metal frame poles inside (they are just like the modern tent poles and go together within seconds if you read the directions and install them in the correct order.The greenhouse comes in a nifty storage case and collapses down like those windshield sun screens that kinda coil up when not in use. Once my current kitchen garden plants have stopped producing, I plan to store the greenhouse and then set it up in a flat clear spot next spring for an early start on next year's goodies.My terraced kitchen garden filled approximately one half of the greenhouse so I moved some garden shelves into one of the empty quarters and put a large wooden planter of herbs and strawberries in the other quarter. The shelves are holding 2 to 5 gallon pots with the vegetables I saved from the big garden before it froze. I still have more room if I want to fill it completely, but I left an aisle down the middle from one door to the next for now.A little water goes a long way in this structure so I only water 2 - 3 times a week. I have more strawberries now than I had all summer and the tomatoes are really busting out.There are small velcro'd openings for water hoses and power cords built in. I plan to set up a thermal controlled heat light this weekend as our first snow is due in a few days.The doors have mesh screens as well as the polycarb door flaps. There are velcro straps all over for securing both sets of flaps.We are installing a large sunroom/greenhouse to the front of our house next spring so this was the perfect little item for me to try out greenhouse gardening. I expect it to be a handy and useful auxilliary greenhouse for many years to come. No matter if you have a large garden or just a small bed, this greenhouse it really worth it's real estate in getting more from your plants in any climate. If I could, I'd buy several more and use them for cold frames in the big garden next year!

This is a great little item. Like any tent-type structure you have to figure it out a little the first time (aha - poles go on the _inside_! - I get it). It's nice and sturdy and has room for several of those white plastic shelving systems you can get anywhere. I got a little ceramic heater at Lowes for $20 and added two black plastic tubs full of water for additional passive solar heating. Things are nice and tropical inside and my seeds are sprouting like mad. I hope to have a real full-size greenhouse someday but this is a fun and inexpensive starter.Update November 2012 - almost 7 years later, I am ready to replace the greenhouse. It has some tears from when it blew away a couple of times, and the screening has dry-rotted in places, but it performed fine through last winter. 7 years is not a bad run for such an inexpensive item, so I plan to buy another one. I now have a larger, sturdier greenhouse, but will keep this one for additional seed starting and lettuce/greens production over the winter. Anchor it well in windy locations. Mine is on a concrete deck, so I put masonry blocks in the corners to hold it.

I just purchased my second SpringHouse. I used to own a garden business and grew hundreds of plants in poly covered greenhouses. Any greenhouse covered with plastic has its downside. The plastic must be replaced every 3 to 5 years. It doesn't last all that long and most people don't see these greenhouses when they are recovered. This FlowerHouse is actually a nice, manageable and reasonably priced greenhouse. It isn't a permanent building but it is portable and in the cold climates it can be stored away. Plastic does not age well in either the heat or the cold. I would not recommend the CL clear version of this house as it does not age well. I would have on hand a greenhouise polytape to mend any holes or tears to help the covering to last. The second year I reinforced the door openings since the weather disintegrates the area around the thread. Plastic does not like the heat or the cold. When first putting this up, do it in the sun to warm the plastic. It will stretch over the frame much easier. When taking it down do it in the sun so as not to crack the plastic in any cold temperatures. Having had the real thing, I very much like this greenhouse.

You get what you pay for. With this, you're only paying for one year's use. When we first bought this, we really liked it. It was easy to set up, and worked as expected. Then, the screen started pulling away from the zipper. We requested a replacement three months ago, and are still waiting. Since then, the rest of the greenhouse started falling apart. It is the design that is causing the issue: the greenhouse is shrinking due to the heat from the sun, causing it to stretch too tightly on the frame. As it stretches, it places stress where the plastic joins the cloth / zipper and pulls it apart. We got one winter out of it, but now it is unusable for this winter. Lesson learned..

OK quik delevery ,but all B section plastic where broken , and many A plastic section also.