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Now I have two (6 x 8) units. Unfortunately, we are still waiting on some parts my husband needs to complete attaching the roof so for now its draped and sealed off fairly well with plastic sheeting and a piece of pool cover. So I currently have a "duck and squeeze thru" opening between the two - haha. Once the parts arrive on the slow boat from China it will become a walk-thru. I am using the newer unit as the primary entrance (because the door faces away from the cold wind) -- and that unit will be for plants that aren't as temperature sensitive. Then as you walk thru into the original unit, all my warmer loving plants (lemons, jalapenos, figs, mulberry, etc.) are in this unit. Also in this unit where I have my growlight installed, I attached clear plastic around it to make sort of a "mini greenhouse" in a greenhouse. Using this for my seedlings. I've draped those space blankets around the plants and it continues to amaze me how much heat is trapped by those. The 3 CFL lights in warmer GH are keeping it around 51 degrees today (and it's 41 outside). The little mini GH with the seedlings is staying at 75 to 80 degrees. Have lots of experimenting I want to do in these two GH this season. I am so new to this and hoping I have better success this winter than last. My ONE claim to fame is growing jalapenos - that jalapeno was planted summer 2014 and has been in continuous production both outside and in the GH during last winter - and it appears to want to keep going !