get the larger....I have 2 of the smaller and I'm considering the larger one as well.

Get the larger one, especially if you are thinking about having a place to sit & relax, you'll need the elbow room.

Mark out a 6 by 8 foot area on the lawn, and you will see how small it really is. You'll want the larger one.

M

I have the 10x12 and after making the necessary modifications it is a great GH but I wish it was a little longer.
I guess I can always steal Dave's idea and put two of them end to end and have a 10x24.

Get the large one, a wireless router in the house and a cheap laptop with a wireless card in it for the greenhouse.

A comfy chair, a coffee maker, a beer fridge and a reading light. A hammock would be difficult to set up in a 6x8, but in a 10x12 would be no problem.

Flat screen TV on the south wall, dvd player, even a DirectTv dish.

You could even put a "port a pot" next to it.

Yes, get the big one and enjoy it!!!!

Plants????? Who said anything about putting plants in it!

:)

Sunlight,

Why not get a Special Umbrella for Shade........ just for your Wife..... and..... a packet of her Favorite Flower Seeds...... As a gift you know..... letting her know maybe she will enjoy your special little place too...?

Go for the larger, with your passion I feel it will serve you better...

Now think happy thought's and most of all I wish you a Merry Christmas!!!
2 dogs

Get the bigger one.

Personally, I had decided on mine to be 16' long when I got it, therefore I purchased a 20' long one. : )
By this next year, hope I have room for more plant's!
And on goes the addiction.....

anya_101,

Mine is 24ft long, built on a cement pad that is 54ft long...

Greenhouses tend to grow, just like plants. You got to give them room.

:)

Thanks everyone.

It's nice to come out of surgery (with no anesthesia) and see that everyone agrees: get the larger HFGH.

OK. I can take the hint! You've convinced me.

I just have to make certain to understand as much as I can about building it and doing the construction right. I'll need all the help I can get. --especially on what kind of lounge chair and 50" TV to get!

I got my grand piano a couple of years ago. Now with the greenhouse, everything will almost be as I want. Only a thing or two left.

Of course I have to outfit the green house with the lounge chair, fridge, nice TV, computer, small pool, a few dancing girls (maybe a new wife or at least someone to smile at and to smile back at me), lots of seed catalogs, some suduko puzzles, books to read, potato chips, chocolate, ice-cream, a double chair to sit with someone and enjoy the fragrance of the flowers...maybe even have a potting soil, mud fight?

Still though, I could just forget HF and go for knocking out the south wall of the house, put in floor to ceiling glass, extra lights, sun tunnels everywhere else, some trees, tropicals, a place to grow things, and simply enjoy. Of course I'd have to get a new wife, or either take up growing cactus so the next time she is mad at me, and takes it out on a poor, defenseless plant, this one could give a little tit-for-tat! hmmm--wonder which would be harder--growing cactus or finding a sweet woman who enjoys flowers and sunshine? --how nice it'd be to not have to argue over whether the lawn should be green grass or green asphalt. Or even play together in the potting soil, have a little mud fight, get excited about the blooming of a new plant or excited about other things--oops, I stray too far.

I must still be in shock from the surgery? or either thinking more clearly.

Thanks everyone for really putting on the pressure, twisting my twisting my arm to go for the larger greenhouse.

If I can get through the snow, I'll be at HF tomorrow, plunking down the $600, to get started on a place to enjoy the hobby we all like so much. (I wonder how my grand piano will hold up in there?)

You people are really tough on a person. But you managed to convince me. And that's just what I need. Thank you to all.

(btw) have you enjoyed the Solstice? Anyone paint themselves blue and run around in the snow, celebrating the coming return of the sun? Solstice, Yay! more sunshine now each day in the the northern hemisphere.

I thought I'd paint myself own self blue, go naked and take a run outside--except with it being 14 degrees, I think I can forgo any need to use pain.

Probably the trip to HF to get the greenhouse will bring out enough of the "Druid" in me.

And for sure, it's better to celebrate the Solstice indoors, with the thoughts of coming happiness with the freight, rather than let the neigboors see the naked, shaking, blue, fright--right?
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, to all. And thank you, again.

bob

Wasn't hard to talk you into it. You know you wanted the bigger one all the time. Just be sure that you do all the modifications or you won't have it long.

If you get the bigger one you'll be able to put your grand piano in there and play into the sunset.

So I will!

anybody want to join me for a concert of Chopin, while the misters go off?
or if you sing, I can accompany (studied at Royal College of Music),
and if you can play, we can do piano 4 hands--
but you'll have to bring your own bench.
A page turner would help also
--ah, concert in the atrium!
Sounds (pun intended) great/ :)

Thanks for the twist of the arm and kick in the rear to get me to get the large GH. Now, to follow meticulously the instructions here and if I get into trouble, I'll be calling you--ooo---ooo--ooooooo---ooo--ooo--ooo, as the song goes!

Bob T

Bob,

A wife that destroys my plants
Snow
Utah (nothing against Utah, I visit often, but talk about different from home)
Feeling Old

No wonder you miss Louisiana

My advice come home we miss you down here and would love to have you back!

Make sure you read the threads and make the recommended modifications!

Bob...I'd change my priorities. Get rid of the wife first...anyone that rips out a plant, stomps it into the floor, etc. is going to be a pain in your side in the future and I'm certain she's been that in the past. Replace her with a dog...they know how to give unconditional love...then go for whichever greenhouse you want. Learn to be happy again and not obsessed with worries.

For years I dealt with someone that would threaten suicide whenever she didn't get her way...or feel properly coddled. After years of enduring that we separated...eventually divorced and thank God she moved to another state. She no longer could get her way with her threats or nastiness. My life has changed totally. I'm no longer the quiet, cautious, think-everything-over-five times and then do-nothing guy. Think it over, get counseling, take it slowly...but if your life is one of worrying about plants destroyed, avoiding nastiness, busted windows from her throwing things in rage, etc...change it and be happy.

Get your GH and enjoy it life is to short. My husband doesn't enjoy gardening like I do but at least he doesn't try to stop me. Wouldn't do him much good anyway. I don't try to stop him from doing the things that he likes. I have 3 HFGH's 1-6X8, 2-10X12. I put everyone of them together by myself. Some of the directions aren't real clear but a little common scents goes along ways.

I start about 400 plants this time of year. I move my orchids aroung so I have enough room. I have put in alot of auto things like roof vent openers and misting system with auto timers.

All I can say IS GET YOUR GREENHOUSE AND ENJOY IT

Funnylady, do you have photos to share? You made it all sound so easy. I appreciate everybody sharing how they modified their HFGH. Do you use a heat sink or modify the indoor climate somehow as the seasons change?

I wish I knew how to post pictures but at this time I don't. I have no heat sink. Have heat matts for my flats. With the cold snap we are having I moved them all to the sunroom attached to the house. They will be back out shortly. The summer heat is what is worst for me. A misting system with a timer works great. Also have auto vent openers.
Get a GH you will find ways to get around a lot of things that come up.

I wouldn't get the HF vent opener. I bought theirs and it only worked for a few days. I haven't tried any others. Good luck with you greenhouse. I have a 6x8 (got mine before the 10x12 was available) sometimes think I would like a bigger one, but would just stuff it full of more plants and it would still be to small !!