Michelle Obama Breaks Ground on Veggie Garden
Last Friday a group of fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary joined Michelle Obama on the White House lawn with shovels in hand. The long anticipated organic vegetable garden reported earlier by Christina is now under construction. The 1,100-square foot garden will include peas, onions, a variety of greens and perennial herbs. Garden walkways will be lined with veggie friendly flowers like marigolds, nasturtiums and zinnias. Seedlings will be raised in the White House's greenhouse and transplanted as soon as they are ready. The resulting produce will go to feed the first family and their guests while extra will be sent to nearby Miriam's Kitchen, a place for the area's homeless to get healthy, homemade meals.
Michelle Obama announced, "this is a big day. We've been talking it since the day we moved in" and led the kids in raucous cheers for vegetables and fruits. She also expects all of the family members to take a role adding that even though her husband is "leader of the free world," he will still be expected to do some weeding.
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