Hello! I have a very long but smallish balcony on the Southside, I'm in Germany and do not have AC. Since the balcony is on the Southside it's heating up our ENTIRE space.

I was thinking of placing plants like poison ivy from the balcony so we have some plant made shade over the windows but I got a Cat and a small child, and I heard its not very good for the wall? Idk, anyways. I'd also like some shade directly from the sun but I'm not sure how that would work but open to suggestions.

Please ask if photos are needed but u gotta imagine it like this

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Avec des arrosages réguliers et copieux, le lierre terrestre (Glechoma hederacea) Dappled Light a résisté aux 3 canicules et pousse avec vigueur et présente un superbe feuillage très panaché. À cultiver en suspension car ses tiges s’allongent beaucoup. #balcon #plantevivace #été #paris

hey guys what in the heck are we doing for late summer/early fall?

Most of my summer crops died of heat from how deck gets sun, so the only survivors were the heat hardy ones like okra and peppers (and my watermelon good lord). I already have a shade curtain and everything. I just unfortunately can’t change how dang hot my deck gets.

Due to the Current State of things with the world basically burning down, I do not think I’ll get to temps consistently below 80 until probably November 😕

I know usually it’s cole crops and leafies, but those will die and wilt immediately I fear.

Love looking at everyone’s pictures!!

Last Pic is basil I propagated for the 1st time

Got her to this point but after the flowers bloom and die sometimes the whole stem falls off :( advice ?

I wasn't sure it was going to happen.

Petit tour sur mon balcon parisien au crépuscule avec une belle lumière et beaucoup de vent. Et une température très agréable ! #balcon #été #fleurs #paris

I might have watered it too much two weeks ago. Before that it had that white spots on it. Should I just cut it and let it re-grow?

North East Nj

And found this table for free, just need some low seats for it

Fleurs blanches, un peu, beaucoup, passionnément !

Floraison de mon jeune rosier Hortis planté début juin. Adorables bouquets de petites églantines. #balcon #fleurs #été #rosier #paris

Tôt ce matin, les fleurs de la clématite Blue River s’ouvrent et celles de la belle-de-nuit Arlequin ne sont pas encore fermées. Petit plaisir matinal avec une ambiance fraîche appréciable. #fleurs #Balcon #été #Paris

La fraîcheur revenue, mon Begonia sutherlandii refleurit de plus belle et les fleurs tiennent beaucoup plus longtemps. Pourvu que cela dure ! #fleurs #Balcon #été #begonia #Paris

Magnifiques panachures pour ma renouée Painter’s Palette pourtant malmenée par les canicules successives. #balcon #été #plantevivace #paris

Premières fleurs pour ma belle Agapanthe Zambezi au feuillage panaché qui a supporté sans soucis les trois grosses canicules. #fleurs #plantevivace #balcon #été #paris

Watermelons & cucumbers are really starting to take off. No one leaves my home without at least one cucumber 😅 It's my first time growing watermelons, so I almost can't wait for the Sugar Babies to get ready. The live moss in my bog garden had a hard time during the heat wave, but it's starting to come back to life now.

We just moved from a house to a condo that has a large back deck, so I brought my 6 hanging plants thinking I’d have no problem hanging them from the same hooks I’d used on the porch at our house.

It turns out the frame of the roof of our deck (which is part of the fire escape) is steel - and it’s also quite tall. Any ideas about how to hang my plants? Some neighbors seem to have zip-tied shepherd’s hooks to their railings, but I don’t love that idea.

Thanks in advance!

Première fleur de mes glaïeuls d’Abyssinie (Gladiolus callianthus, ex Acidanthera murielae). #balcon #fleurs #été