Recently my balcony has been closed off to the ravages of wind, rain, hail, all that stuff. But also direct sunlight, unfiltered by glass, so it seemed a terrible shame at the time.
The amount of time it took the builders to close it off with great big windows proved just long enough to kill all the plants i had living there, save my precious fig and olive which i managed to find a home for during the winter. They have since returned, and been joined by a truckload of 'eat-ables'. Seeing how it was during the build (closed off with iron fences, filled with rubble and splinters so big they could've been props on Buffy), it's somewhat remarkable how it's since flourished into an awesome kitchen garden. Just two short weeks ago I put in tomatosaplings, which are already waisthigh.
I've got lemons, peppers, chillies, rhubarb, eggplant, a cucumber that will soon be brushing the roof and all manner of herbs. I've even got a hobbitsized apple tree. It smells amazing, green (yes green is a smell) and fresh, it looks terrific and I've been eating spectacular cherry tomatoes for a week.
Now I have to stress: I don't have a whole lot of room. In fact there's just one truly sunny corner (now packed with plants), but it's amazing how much produce you can gather from such a tiny space. Even if you've just got a windowsill, pop a tomatoplant on it. It's great to avoid all the plastic supermarkets pack their produce in and being able to pick your own.
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