PHOTOS: Fall Harvest of the White House Garden

First lady Michelle Obama, left center, smiles with children from Washington's Bancroft and Kimball Elementary Schools after their harvest of vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.



















U.S. first lady Michelle Obama holds an earth worm as she attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with local elementary school students on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.







First Lady Michelle Obama thanks students from Bancroft Elementary School and Kimball Elementary School for helping harvet vetables on the South Lawn of the White House on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. First lady Michelle Obama invited local school children to help with the fall vegetable harvest in the garden at the White House.

got started in March? I was over the Moon!..and now look what they've reaped!:D

Thanks, alsame:hi:

Planting the Garden
Posted by Jesse Lee on April 9, 2009 at 08:07 PM EDT

Today the First Lady hosted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and students from Bancroft Elementary, in the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House to plant the garden and highlight healthy eating. The same school participated in the groundbreaking of the Garden on March 20 and will return later this year for harvesting and cooking with the food grown.


(First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Chef Sam Kass show students from the Bancroft Elementary how to plant a garden. The White House Vegetable Garden was officially planted today.)

What a wonderful lesson for these kids - and all kids - about healthy foods and healthy eating.

for reaping what they sow..and they are sowing some excellent seeds.

This woman is fantastic! These kids are great. Thanks for the pictures.

We grew corn and pumpkins this year. My girls (4 and 5) absolutely loved it. We just carved the pumpkins we grew last night. The only thing is, we need to make more room for the pumpkins next year, the vines just grow really huge. I think many people can grow their own food. We did not have big back yard at all.

that more people could grow their own food and there were pictures in People mag of families across the country plowing up their front yards to make a garden..nice before and after pics.

I would love to have a huge garden full of veggies. And they are good for me.

;-)

Very good, and very involving of gradeschool kids in it all.

Hope they remain loyal to the family!!!

The little girl's expression looking at the sweet potato is cute!

Yowza. :loveya:

Is that wrong?

Thanks for the pics.

the same reaction when I see some pics of her husband. :)

What kind of fall festival leaves out gourds? Sheesh.

maybe next year:)

:bounce:

I read that a lot of schools around the country are doing this. Having students plant, tend and harvest fruits and veggies. What a terrific idea.

It looks more suitable for a goth, or perhaps for a Klingon going into battle. It's hardly gardening gear.
:hide:

...or at least wear them at her waist.

I really wish she would STOP that.

That is so cool!!

she looks good in anything in my opinion.

completed! Wonderful!

:bounce:

And LOL to the hateful assholes who pushed the "poison" rumors. Dumb Asses!

What's that rooty thing with the leaves she's holding about 6 pictures down? Carrots? Parsnips?

Just can't recognize it, apparently.