in lieu of a balcony
Our apartment lacks a balcony. Given the climate here, a balcony would only be useful for a third of the year - part of May, June, July, August, and part of September. Needless to say, a balcony would be nice right about now. Especially since, with the poor ventilation in our apartment, our place feels like a sauna even though the heat wave has ended.
I proved earlier today that a window ledge is a poor substitute for a balcony. Sure, I was able to make contact with the fresh outdoor air, but I was also uncomfortably perched and the thought of dropping to the ground below, seeing as there is nothing to prevent me from falling out the window, was not a pleasant one.
(I shared the ledge with my very scrawny yet fruit-yielding tomato plants)
