There’s going to be a vegetable garden at the Whitehouse! Yippee!

Almost the entire Obama family, including the president, will pull weeds, “whether they like it or not,” Mrs. Obama said laughing. “Now Grandma, my mom, I don’t know.” Her mother, she said, would probably sit back and say: “Isn’t that lovely. You missed a spot.”

I can’t wait to see the photo-ops, though an 1,100 square foot garden is going to put my 85 square feet to shame. I am feeling some garden envy. I also wish I had a staff of people to help me with the thing and a greenhouse to start my seedlings in. Oh well … my garden’s going to be great anyway!

It’s just so cool they decided to do this. I’d been hoping they would!

Had to add this quote I found in another story about it:

Pollan, author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” praised the Obamas for starting small. “The mistake gardeners make is starting out too ambitious,” he said.

Dude needs to examine his concept of “starting out small.” In no way whatsoever is an 1,100 square foot garden starting small. My garden is starting small. The White House garden is going to be quite large for a first garden. I wonder what Pollan thinks is large?