Design
A Maintenance-Free Balcony
There is no such thing as maintenance-free, but you can have a good-looking balcony and not have to worry about maintaining it. If you are living in an apartment for a short time or if you have a black thumb and don’t want to keep plants, there are some things that you can do to have a nice apartment balcony ambience without all the fuss. Here are three maintenance-free balcony ideas.
Creating a Beautiful Stair Garden
Many apartment dwellers have staircases leading to their homes that are prime space for a beautiful, inviting stair garden. If you don’t share a staircase with any other residents and your apartment management approves it, you just may be able to expand your balcony container garden.
Christmas Container Planting Recipe
Create this festive Christmas container planting for winter using holly, poinsettia, English ivy and some fern fronds to fill in extra spaces. The best holly to use is English holly, especially Ilex aquifolium 'Gold Coast', which is often used around Christmas time and is available with white in the foliage.
Make Your Succulents “Pop” with Blue-Glazed Pots
Succulent plants are unique-looking plants with lots of character, especially for Southwestern-style gardens. These easy plants do well in hot, dry climates, and they go well with the look of many Southwestern-style buildings that have stucco walls and Spanish Mission-style tiles.
Jack-O-Lantern Ideas for the Balcony
There are so many creative things you can do with pumpkins. You can paint or carve them, or just set them around your balcony garden or apartment. When working with real pumpkins, keep an eye out for when they start to decay, then throw them away. You can give some pieces of pumpkin to your worm composting bin (not too much or it will kill them!) and throw the rest away.
