With Regards to the Balcony...

As big a fan of flowers as I am, this year I decided to plant herbs in the window boxes of our balcony instead. Last year it was beautiful out there, a serene sea of white, this year it's productive as well as beautiful. Growing are two types of sage, chives, garlic chives, rosemary, lavender, parsley and cilantro. To date they have all proved useful and delicious. I've also planted two different types of tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes and red cherry tomatoes.

As a treat to myself, and because I wanted some flowers out there I planted a white Climbing Hydrangea, and a white Rose.