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        <title><![CDATA[Royki's Little Garden]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Bonjour et bienvenue dans le journal de mon potager urbain dans le sud de la France, cr&eacute;e dans un jardin de ville de 800 m&sup2;.

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    <title><![CDATA[Cloud Pruning]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I was suddenly inspired this morning to prune my old arbousier, or strawberry tree, into a 'Niwaki' cloud tree. Geneviève, a friend of mine who has a pretty Mediterranean-style garden, had pruned one of her olive trees this way and it looks amazing! I... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[C'est le printemps !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[C'est officiel, c'est le printemps et je suis heureuse d'avoir nettoyé mon potager. Tout est prêt pour les plantations, sauf le carré de fraises qui recevra la courge ! Le cerisier à fleur a subi une taille sévère cet hiver pour le rajeunir, et j'ai gardé... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[La préparation du potager commence à l'intérieur. ;)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[La préparation de mon potager commence à l'intérieur, et plus précisément dans une salle de bain libérer juste à temps par une amie venue rester un mois chez moi. C'est mi-mars et c'est le moment de préparer mes semis de tomates et autres légumes de soleil... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strange things]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[EEK!! I have found some very strange mushrooms growing in my garden. After some research, they are Clathus Ruber. Strangest thing I've ever seen! Clathus Ruber at different stages of maturity. April also means spring is here in all of it's glorious color... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spring is in the air]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[March means my flowering cherry try and magnolia solangeana welcome spring with flamboyant blossoms of pink chiffon and absolutely delight me year after year! I cannot figure out why everyone doesn't have them in their gardens! This year I have planted... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[August tomatoes!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[August is tomato heaven in the garden. This year's newcomers are Rose de Bearne, Black Cherry tomatoes, and St. Pierre tomatoes. They are much smaller than last year so I'm not sure what that man sold me at the plant market (maybe Marmande)! They are... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[In my garden grows...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[2017 is peas and potatoes! I have been away for a while with so many things keeping me busy but I haven't forgotten my potager! Each year is different, and this year my cucumbers didn't work. I planted them and it was either too cold or too hot, but they... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[April showers bring may flowers]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[And strawberries, and peas and potatoes... I have planted a full row of snow peas demi-nain Normand and two rows of little potatoes I had saved from last year and everything is growing splendidly! I am renewing my strawberry plants so I won't be picking... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Green tomatoes]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2016 01:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[September coming to an end and cooler nights means time to pick green tomatoes and this year I have plenty!! Growing up in southern USA I had always heard about fried green tomatoes but I had never eaten a green tomato. Ever. As I have mostly green cherry... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Itsy bitsy spiders]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2016 03:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[EEEK!!! Like most people, I used to hate spiders! That was until I discovered what efficient aphid control agents they are. This year a few spiders have elected to work hard among my tomato plants keeping them pest-free. So now I just leave them alone... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gems from my garden]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Growing tomatoes this year has been particularly intresting as I have tried a wide variety of color and form! Each one has proved to be vigorous, healthy and extremely generous. Bronze colored Kakao tomatoes, deliciously sweet, in salads, Yellow Pearshaped... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Laure's savory cherry tomato tart]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 09:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This year has been a cherry tomato festival!! Two Super-sweet 100 and one yellow cherry tomato plants have been producing so many tomatoes that eating them in salads alone is challenging. This is one of my favorite savory tart recipes, shared to me by... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[One potato, two potatoes...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2016 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Those cute little potatoes that found their way into my garden have produced some decent potatoes. I wasn't sure what variety they were, so I boiled them 15 minutes and had a taste test! They are not Charlotte potatoes as I had supposed because rather... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Russe Tomatoes]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[With august coming to an end may the return to school and/or work be painless and joyful!! Personally I always enjoy these last days of summer where all the benefits of warm days and the relaxation of vacation are still present but with the added excitement... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kakao tomatoes (Noir de Crimée)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ah la la !! I could name this tomato "black beauty" but it has a more charming name: Kakao or "cocoa." A new tomato in my potager and is definitely my favorite for salads or simply sliced and tossed with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and some fines herbes.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Légumes Farcis]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://lejardinderoyki.canalblog.com/archives/2016/09/04/34276619.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 02:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Légumes à farcir: tomates, courgettes, aubergines, poivrons 500g. de chair à saucisse2 oignons hachés2 gousses d'ail hachés2 oeufs1 ou 2 tomates, pelées, épépinées et hachéesChapelure, lait, persil, herbes de provence, poivreHuile d'oliveFromage râpé... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sweet summer abundance]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It is mid-July and my kitchen garden or potager begins to offer an abundance of sun-drenched vegetables: a wide variety of tomatoes, white and yellow zucchini, eggplant, piment des landes (a long sweet pepper) and Batavia lettuce which are somewhat sun-resistant.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[July in my potager]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Early July and the Kakao tomatoes and Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes sown from seed are growing beautifully. Marmande tomatoes are promising to be giant and productive. Mid-July and the Kakao tomatoes are ripening nicely as are the melons Match. They... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[June in my potager]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://lejardinderoyki.canalblog.com/archives/2016/08/24/34223741.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Potato plants and eggplants in flower. Batavia lettuce and swiss chard. Yellow zucchini Orelia. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Merry month of may]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://lejardinderoyki.canalblog.com/archives/2016/05/29/33881592.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2016 15:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[May is coming to an end and the snow peas have become sturdy and are just beginning to flower. I am trying a new and taller variety as I found last year's dwarf variety to be a bit fragile and am hoping for stronger healthier plants. Today is cool and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gold nuggets]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://lejardinderoyki.canalblog.com/archives/2016/05/20/33844258.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 22:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today was gardening day and I was cleaning up my vegetable garden getting it ready to plant my zucchini and melon plantlings. Well what a surprise! I had pulled up some plants which kinda looked like radish plants but not quite and as usual I throw the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Berry month of May]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What can I say. Never in a million years did I imagine when planting my first six strawberry plants that I would have this many some day! Three years into my gardening experiment, my strawberry patch now measures 2.5m x 2.5m and has about two dozen Gariguette... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Berry good!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 17:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Now is when my potager becomes truly fun! Since the beginning of the week I have gathered 925g of strawberries, a nice bowl every day. I pick them when they are a rosy red and leave them in the kitchen all night and the next day they are usually dark... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strawberry fields]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The merry month of May is here and the weather is quite warm and dry compared to the last two years. My strawberries are producing earlier and abundantly in spite of the cold spell the last two weeks as the sun is quite warm and with May the temperatures... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spring cleaning my strawberry patch]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today was a nice dry balmy day, perfect for cleaning up my strawberry patch and get it ready for the beaux jours. Normally I should do this on sunday according to the lunar calendar, oups! I have found a new mulch, hemp straw or paillis de chanvre and... ]]></description>
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