#antibes
It's really nice that our city #Antibes still have free tickets for buses in and around city center.
One must have a physical or in-app ticket before boarding the bus but with the app, it's very convenient
2 years ago when I moved back to south of France, I found a baby lizard running on the walls of the balcony. It ran away before I could take a picture of it.
I have seen it come out and run around a few times and today I saw this gorgeous adult lizard, hiding behind one of my compost bins who stood up a moment and stared at me, as if it was startled by seeing me as I was seeing him, then it ran away behind other pots.
I looked online to identify it, I strongly believe it is a "Common wall or Moorish Gecko" (https://wildlifeinfrance.com/lizards-france/common-wall-or-moorish-gecko-in-france) but I am not 100% sure.
In the mean time, thinking about finding a suitable name for it.
What can I do with it?
It keeps getting into the apartment and walking around as if it owns the place. I can no longer keep the window or the door to the balcony open..
Tried everything. But it keeps coming back.
Was thinking about putting it in my backpack, take a bus to Nice and letting him out there.
Any ideas?
Just bought a return ticket with highspeed train to Paris for 80 euro, going on Thursday morning, returning on Sunday.
Will visit a friend, do some shopping and visit my favorite restaurant and have a meeting with my old doctor before going to Dijon to visit a couple of houses and then heading home.
Seriously looking for a house to buy and putting our apartment on the market so we can have some freedom and I will have some serious gardening.
It's lovely to have such wonderful options available.
Happy New Year
Going to start the year by having a delicious salad with tomatoes and vegetables from the balcony garden.
It's nice to have fresh organic tomatoes on January 1st.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #Antibes #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
Repotted one of my hydroponic tomatoes moving into a larger Kratky unit with a much larger reservoir
I'm hoping it helps it grow bigger and produce more #tomatoes.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #Antibes #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
Replanted a few cherry tomatoes from IKEA Växer Hydroponic to soil in a pot to keep them outside on the balcony.
They were getting too big for the little Växer reservoir and my DIY shelfeso I thought giving them a try on the outside and see how they do.
The pots were given to me by the nice lady who gave me the 2 balcony planters and they were sitting there for a few months. Filled it with some old soil plus compost and top it off with some mixed pot soil I had saved since summer.
Have to cover the soil to prevent the pigeons to destroy them like they did with other pots and hope I will start getting some juicy #tomatoes from them soon.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #Antibes #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
It's so exciting to have tomatoes growing in December.
I wasn't sure if these tomatoes would survive the winter and it's the first time I'm growing them in #Kratky Hydroponic outside. But they not only grew well, they are blooming and giving me cocktail tomatoes almost every day.
Added some support for them to stand up so they get more sunshine and hopefully it will help them grow even more.
The one plant has more #tomatoes than leaves. It's so exciting.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #Antibes #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
PS. Now with picture
Today's pepper harvest from the indoor hydroponic system
Going to use one of them to save the seeds for later.
The rest will be crushed with sundried tomatoes and garlic to make a spicy paste in olive oil.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #Antibes #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
My cocktail #tomatoes plant grew a lot of fruits while I was gone and almost broke under the weight of them.
It's the first time growing it in Kratky Hydroponic and it seems really successful.
Have to build a trellis for it to stay up and strong so I can get more fruits.
Living in south of France has its benefits.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Antibes#Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day gardening and cleaning
My wife is coming for a 2 weeks visit here on Monday and have to clean up, and also replant these parsley into IKEA Växer unit to grow vegetables in winter.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Antibes #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
Propagating plants is really awarding and fun.
Took a cutting from a plant at the park last summer when my kids were visiting me. Put it in one of the holes in the dutch bucket Kratky and pet it grow.
It is now almost at tall as I am and have beautiful flowers. I'm thinking about taking a couple of cuttings and prepare them for growing outside in the summer.
#Gardening #IndoorGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Antibes #Hydroponics #flowees #Plants
The right side of the balcony is now ready for winter plants.
Going to take full advantage of these free planters and grow fall/Winter veggies to eat healthy and save money.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants #Antibes
Dans les ruelles du vieil Antibes, un sculpteur chinois s'amuse.
Il s'appelle Ho Lui et on en parle ici
#art #streetart #sculpture #China #Antibes
Bought 2 used solar panels for my apartment today.
The price was really cheap so I couldn't say no to itm going to set-up s system so they just sit by the wall for now (good for winter) and later on think of something more permanent.
They're 200W each and since they are a bit old I guess I might get something about 100-150W out of them in peak time. More than enough to power my hydroponic devices on the balcony.
#solarpanel #photovoltic #reuse #hyddoponics #antibes #France
Nina Simone ~ To Love Somebody
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LymNICNvaH8
#musivideo #ninasimone #tolovesomebody #1969 #jazz #festival #antibes #beegees
I think Dracula lives in this hospital!
They take my blood 2-3 times a day and today I got an extra liquid I couldn't read what it was after they took my blood!
I feel like I'm in the VIP section of the hospital. Private room, view of the Mediterranean sea, 3 meals pee day and unlimited access to entertainment via pirate streaming (they have a patient WiFi but it is ridiculously slow, I use WiFi hotspot sharing my 40Gig data that I never used before in all those years.
Summer is here?!
Welcome to Antibes!
#Antibes #Photography #CotedeAzur #France #Photography #FrenchRiviera #Flowers