I ordered this mini greenhouse for protection from deer and squirrels/chipmunks. If you're a suburban gardener, I don't need to tell you about the destruction deer can cause. I've tried motion sprinklers, smelly sprays, and sprinkling cut up herbs around. The herbs and spray work but they require too much work reapplying. This year I decided to try bird netting and enclosing.
This mini-greenhouse is nothing fancy, but it ought to work for covering my vulnerable plants. The claim of heavy duty construction is simply wrong. The struts are metal and connected via simple plastic joints. They just get pushed into the connectors, so you might want to tape them in place for added reliability. I used some aluminum foil tape on the middle struts.
The greenhouse is respectably wide and long. It's tall enough for my okra (for now). I appreciate the top-opening vent flaps. They roll all the way to the roof strut, rather than the strut across the middle. This allows complete access to the greenhouse. I don't, however, like that there are only 4 tie-down ribbons for the rain cover (one at each outer leg). There should be more places to tie the cover to the frame. There is no tie down for the middle strut at all. If you have both vents up, you will have a long loose strip of plastic in the front just flapping around in the wind.
Even with the flaws, I am happy enough with this greenhouse. It's a simple and cost-effective way for me to protect my plants, and provide them with extra humidity.
Simple way to protect plants from deer
I ordered this mini greenhouse for protection from deer and squirrels/chipmunks. If you're a suburban gardener, I don't need to tell you about the destruction deer can cause. I've tried motion sprinklers, smelly sprays, and sprinkling cut up herbs around. The herbs and spray work but they require too much work reapplying. This year I decided to try bird netting and enclosing. This mini-greenhouse is nothing fancy, but it ought to work for covering my vulnerable plants. The claim of heavy duty construction is simply wrong. The struts are metal and connected via simple plastic joints. They just get pushed into the connectors, so you might want to tape them in place for added reliability. I used some aluminum foil tape on the middle struts. The greenhouse is respectably wide and long. It's tall enough for my okra (for now). I appreciate the top-opening vent flaps. They roll all the way to the roof strut, rather than the strut across the middle. This allows complete access to the greenhouse. I don't, however, like that there are only 4 tie-down ribbons for the rain cover (one at each outer leg). There should be more places to tie the cover to the frame. There is no tie down for the middle strut at all. If you have both vents up, you will have a long loose strip of plastic in the front just flapping around in the wind. Even with the flaws, I am happy enough with this greenhouse. It's a simple and cost-effective way for me to protect my plants, and provide them with extra humidity.