A place to relax.  A place to enjoy the weather.  A place for conversation.  A place to dine.  A place to unwind. 

Our balcony A place to dine

Flowers.  A view.  Butterflies.  Fresh air.  Ripening tomatoes.

Butterfly on the Balcony

Our balcony


Growing Tomatoes

Almost Ripe!

It's our condo balcony.  All 40 feet by 6 feet of it.

Flowers on the Balcony

And it's our own private Garden of Eden.


Serpents not invited.  They can't crawl up 16 stories anyways.

 

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32 Comments on My Own Garden of Eden

AUG
10
2008
370,629 Points 23 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Hi Brian... Will you please come to Dallas and make my balcony look as nice as yours?  Just remember, I need hearty and drought resistent plants that do well in 90-105 degree heat!

4:26pm • #1
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I do .....   and if it wasn't raining I would toss up a few photos but too ugly out.    Looks relaxing though... make sure you serve your wife dinner out there from time to time

4:32pm • #2
589,593 Points 63 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Brian, the flowers are simply gorgeous and I swear it is Eden too. What a great shot too with the butterfly.

4:51pm • #3

Very nice.  Here in Charlottesville, we are blessed with some of the most beautiful views of the forests, rivers, farms, horses and of course the Blue Ridge Mountains.  I understand why Thomas Jefferson loved it here so much. 

5:09pm • #4
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Brian,

At least they are good tomatoes and not the ones that were tainted. Enjoy the summer growing:)

5:14pm • #5
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Lucky you.  The Deer are not going to eat your tomato plans the night you plant them.

5:24pm • #6
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Brian,

Seems like a nice sized and very usable balcony!!! Thanks,   Fran

6:09pm • #7

Don't count the serpants out as they can get pretty high but if they do you can be sure they will be pretty tired out.

6:59pm • #8
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Our back yard is our get away also. Nice view the flowers add so much.

9:14pm • #9
AUG
11
2008
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Brian- Absolutely gorgeous photos of colorful flowers and your own private garden of eden. It is so pretty on your balcony. We see snakes often in our gardens here.

1:07am • #10
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Brian,

Beautiful! Living here in the Arizona desert I really appreciate the photos. Keep up the great photo posts.

10:42pm • #11
AUG
12
2008

Hi Brian,  what a beautiful Garden of Eden and free of all snakes.  If you ever have snakes let me know I have a sure fire way of getting rid of them.  Your photos are beautiful.  Take the rest of the day off and enjoy your Garden!

11:00am • #12
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Absolutely beautiful!  I have to say I am working on my garden at home but it's not a "Garden of Eden" yet! 

1:13pm • #13
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13
2008
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STEVE:  My green thumb only travels so far.  I'm too busy enjoying my own garden right now to take the trip out to Dallas.  But thanks for the invitation.

7:16am • #14
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DESIREE:  This time of year we actually eat all of our meals out on the balcony.  It's wonderful.

7:17am • #15
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GARY:  Thanks!  I snapped the butterfly shots around 6:30 a.m. and had to be quiet because my wife was still asleep.

7:18am • #16
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KAREN:  It's been many years since I've visited Charlottesville and even then it was for a very short visit for a wedding.  I need to get back there at some point.

7:19am • #17
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NEAL:  Yes -- and they are almost ripe!

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LENN:  We certainly don't have deer problems here on the 16th floor.  I'd be really scared and freaked out if I woke up to find a deer on our balcony for more reasons than one!

7:31am • #19
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FRAN:  They are the biggest balconies around!  We love it.

7:32am • #20
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DENISE:  The only animals we get up here are doves, hummingbirds, other birds, and butterflies.

7:33am • #21
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TERRY:  We love this time of year with the flowers in full bloom.

7:33am • #22
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KATERINA:  Thanks for your comment.  It really cheers us up to see the flowers out on the balcony every day.

7:34am • #23
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LINDA:  Thanks.  I do need to get out and take more photos.

7:34am • #24
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JANIE:  Thanks for your comments and compliments.  All I need now is a hammock.

7:35am • #25
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TONI:  Thanks for your comment.  Good luck with your garden.

7:36am • #26
AUG
14
2008
211,313 Points 16 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Brian,

WoW, I'm amazed that the butterflies are visiting your balcony garden 16 floors up. I have a garden on my second floor balcony and have yet to see a butterfly visit it (although the mourning doves visit regularly).

Beautiful photos, thanks so much for sharing!

Jo

5:24pm • #27
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Brian  Our Garden of Eden is now a town home backyard - it is a registered wildlife habitat - we moved from an acre - we like our "petite" yard because it backs to the Occoquan Reservoir preserve and we see "serpents" of all types.  We're not old enough for a condo balcony yet,  Karen

6:25pm • #28
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15
2008
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JO-ANNE:  Out of curiosity, I looked it up the other day and some butterflies can fly up to 10,000 feet high!  Thanks for your comments.  We absolutely love the balcony garden.

12:51pm • #29
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KAREN:  Sounds like a wonderful backyard.

12:52pm • #30
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18
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Amazing what you can do in such a compact space - lovely!

10:08am • #31
NOV
18

I love the garden very much! Congratualtions, nice pictures! How about a countertop garden? I've seen one article about such, but without pictures, though.

lian
3:15am • #32

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