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Update on my greenhouse

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Last March, my buddy Kyle helped me put together a 7 × 8 ft. greenhouse manufactured by a Canadian company called Yardistry . Made of solid cedar and UV-resistant polycarbonate panels, it’s so well built that it’ll probably outlast me. Back of the greenhouse Some of you have asked for an update, now that I’ve been using it for 10 months. I’m happy to oblige. Front If I had to rate my greenhouse on a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give it a solid 8. There are two things I wish were different: The greenhouse comes with lower and upper shelves on two sides. I wish it also had shelves on the third side (on the left in the photo below). I added a metal rack that matches the lower shelves in height and am considering adding an upper shelf as well. The polycarbonate panels only go down to the lower shelf. I wish they went all the way to the ground so plants under the lower shelf received sufficient light. As it is, the area under the lower shelf is only good for storage. (OK, storage is important, too...