Balcony Gardens

Balcony gardens are common in places where people live in apartments or condominiums because colorful, vibrant, charming balcony gardens bring life to city landscapes all summer long. They also provide some very tangible benefits to apartment dwellers.
Benefits of Balcony Gardens

For the people inside the apartments, balcony gardens have many aesthetic and healthy virtues:

* reduction of noise that enters through widows, open and closed,
* improved views from the windows,
* plants block city dust from entering apartments,
* plants cool the air before it enters an apartment,
* fresh herbs grown on balconies add flavor and nutrition to food.

Popular Herbs for Balcony Gardens

Rosemary is an evergreen perennial but doesn’t like it’s roots frozen or it may die. It has pretty purple flowers at the end of summer. Rosemary is especially wonderful with potatoes and meat dishes.

Oregano is a perennial; it grows back each year. It has strongly-scented, purple flowers at the end of summer. It’s great in sauces and in breads and rice dishes.

Basil is a very tender annual and it’s odor attracts snails and caterpillars, so keep an eye out for them if you live near the ground. It comes mainly in green and purple varieties. Purple is harder to grow and, I think, less attractive on the plate. Basil is wonderful on freshly sliced tomatoes and on all salads.

Parsley should not be cooked, but sprinkled chopped-finely over finished dishes. I find that parsley doesn’t grow fast enough to use as much as I’d like, so if you have access to bunches of it at your grocery store, it may be best to buy it there. If you only use a bit, then try growing your own and picking it fresh. Home-grown parsley always has a better flavor.