Blooming in a balcony garden

Re “A Balcony’s Bounty” [April 28]: For health reasons we moved from our home of 40 years, with its 20-by-40-foot vegetable garden plus fruit trees, to a condo with a 4-by-10-foot garden on a balcony.

I brought a minimum of vegetable plants, orchids and cactuses to our condo. They are very happy in their new home.

It was very encouraging to read your description of someone else’s travails and uplifting to my spirits.

Woodrow Miller

Los Angeles