Work on the balcony

Your hard work will pay off brilliantly when you get to see lots of colour through the winter and then that gorgeous Rose in bloom in the summer.

I agree. That's some workout, Balc!

Well done Balc … hope you’re sitting with your feet up now!

Phew, I'm exhausted just reading of your efforts! Well done ... :o)

Thanks all for your comments! 👍🏻

I really hope you are right, Bernie! 👍🏻

Angelat & Sheila: it was a lot of hard work made all the more difficult & time consuming with such little space to work in!

I was exhausted as well, Shirley!

I am not surprised you were exhausted but the hard work will pay off next year!

Your tubs look colourful, I'm sure they'll give you pleasure through the winter.

I had to find your blog as it wasn't coming up on my page!

As the Violas settle in to their new home they are starting to look good already! I can't say the same of the rest of the balcony! as we are in between seasons, that of the summer flowering plants coming to an end & that of getting the balcony ready for winter.

As we are forecast a couple of warm days during the 3rd week of October, I might make a start by getting rid of the tomato plants. The few tomatoes left on them are not going to ripen any more outside. Then I can put up the big round table & the mini-greenhouse that sits on top of it all winter. I can then start to fill it with the Geraniums & Fuchsias I want to conserve over winter. A few of the bigger pots will go underneath the table where they will be better protected & kept dry till the spring next year.

Once I have finished with the above work I will be better able to turn my attention to what will grow &, hopefully, flower during the winter. I want to get some more Pansies which will accompany the Cyclamen that have survived from last year as well as the few I bought a few weeks ago.

Goodness me Balc, I had to make a cup of tea and sit down after readings of your endeavours! Phew, but will all be worth it in the spring. Will look forward to seeing your pretty Rose in bloom next year..:)

A project well done, Balc! 👍
I can imagine you were pretty shattered afterwards. Your golden wedding rose will be so lovely come next year!
You've made great choices for your winter pots, you'll have smashing colour through the driech and cold season.
You really do show others how much you can transform a balcony in to something special.

Thank you, Janie. It was a lot of work but the heaviest work is now behind me! I will keep you all updated on the progress of the changes I've made, especially when the rose blooms again.

Kate, I was indeed tired but now the rose is planted in its final position & I will upload pictures when it flowers next year.

Thanks also for your lovely comment on the balcony as well! As I had no garden in Spain I learned to garden on balconies in the different flats we lived in over there. So that I was able to make good use of our balcony here! (23 years have gone past since we moved in!)

I cut down the tomato plants today & put up the big round table in its usual corner on the balcony. I didn't have time to put up the mini-greenhouse but I will do it before the week is out.