Every foodie with a computer has been encouraging the Obamas to take the lead in locavore headlines and pick up a shovel. Today, the official first day of Spring, the wish has become a reality. With the help of White House chefs and a legion of followers, the new First Garden will be dug.
Not since Eleanor Roosevelt have we had such a proactive first female head of the country. Michelle Obama knows what she wants for her family and has a national forum to share her ideas. The so-called “kitchen garden,” which will be on the South Side of the White House, will be an 8-foot garden plot with 55 kinds of vegetables, but there’ll be no beets. She said as the President does not like his beets–hope this doesn’t turn out to grab attention like the no broccoli administration!
The 1,100 square-foot organic garden will be a model for the nation that in these times, planting a garden is a good project. Eating local, First Lady Michelle Obama believes, is critical to the concept and not that difficult. Nothing will be more local than hopping out past the new swing set into the garden to pick the bounty of the season.
Shovels ready. The time is now.
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