What Should Michelle Grow in Her Victory Garden? [Poll Updated/Expanded]
By SusanUnPC on March 21, 2009 at 12:35 PM in Michelle Obama
Loading ...The seeds alone cost $200.00 (!). They’re organic and quite exotic, as you’ll see below. And don’t worry. Your First Lady won’t be out there pulling the weeds. That’ll be left to the staff. Next, below the fold, besides a CNN video from yesterday, you’ll find some juicy, sweet quotes from the New York Times article, “Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House“:
While the Clintons grew some vegetables in pots on the White House roof, the Obamas’ garden will far transcend that, with 55 varieties of vegetables — from a wish list of the kitchen staff — grown from organic seedlings started at the Executive Mansion’s greenhouses. [Susan's Note: Yes, CNN also pointed out how the Clintons were oh so not into a gardening project, quite clearly giving the Obamas lots of gold stars for their superiority over the Clintons' attitude.]
The Obamas will feed their love of Mexican food with cilantro, tomatillos and hot peppers. Lettuces will include red romaine, green oak leaf, butterhead, red leaf and galactic. There will be spinach, chard, collards and black kale. For desserts, there will be a patch of berries. And herbs will include some more unusual varieties, like anise hyssop and Thai basil. A White House carpenter, Charlie Brandts, who is a beekeeper, will tend two hives for honey.
The total cost of seeds, mulch and so forth is $200, said Sam Kass, an assistant White House chef, who prepared healthful meals for the Obama family in Chicago and is an advocate of local food. Mr. Kass will oversee the garden.
The plots will be in raised beds fertilized with White House compost, crab meal from the Chesapeake Bay, lime and green sand. Ladybugs and praying mantises will help control harmful bugs.
Cristeta Comerford, the White House’s executive chef, said she was eager to plan menus around the garden, and Bill Yosses, the pastry chef, said he was looking forward to berry season.
The White House grounds crew and the kitchen staff will do most of the work, but other White House staff members have volunteered. …
Now, the CNN video report, which lauds Meeechelle and denigrates Hillary and Bill:
Seriously, it is a great idea for all of us to grow a few things this year. Amazon has extensive collections of seeds:
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