Inside the White House: The Kitchen Garden

I just like the simple idea to grow veggies into the garden...but aren't you bothered by the squirrels, guys?

A very good Idea. as a professional gardener my skills on techiques as a plantmans would help productivity of the garden. I think that are on something that is good for the peoople. the question is are the people listening

I WONDER HOW MUCH THEIR PAYING YOU

Wow. Hiring all those men, buying all that farm machinery, fertilizers, and hiring a personal chef only cost $180?

Why don't more people hire crews of workers (overseen by their personal chef) to garden in their own backyards? Perhaps everyone's personal floral arranger and stylist could chip in as well.

What a joke.

Trust me. People in this country are going to be planting their own gardens again. Although it's not going to be because they want to. It'll be that or starvation.

@hrosemd

Does it not occur to you that the White House has always had an entire team of chefs, to prepare food for the President's meals and also for state dinners?

Does it not also occur to you that the White House also has a large staff of groundskeepers to maintain the lawn, the hedges, the fountains? Do you not appreciate the fact that the expense involved in keeping and maintaining a lush green lawn is significantly higher than maintaining a vegetable garden?

@aku

What does any of that have to do with anything?

Of course I'm aware of such pathetic frivolous nonsense as the "entire team of chefs" that our modern kings have always enjoyed.

However, putting yourself out there as some kind of cutting-edge advocate of rugged self-reliance and home gardening as your serfs toil while you stand around in your designer clothes is an absurd example of pathological self-absorption .

If you can't see the epic fail here, there's really no hope.

Come on.

@hrosemd

You realize that the White House serves a government role as the site of state dinners for ambassadors and foreign leaders when they come to visit? The White House is not a palatial estate simply because the President is a "modern king." It's because it's vital for the image of the nation. Every nation on Earth has a palace or mansion at which supreme executive power is located.

She DID put some work into this garden, which is more than most First Ladies do on the property.

@hrosemd

So should I assume you want our President to live in a small humble cottage, and not allow his wife to wear "designer clothes" that she buys on her own salary? You want to eliminate these class boundaries?

What are you, some kind of Leninist?

At least we know the Obama's get to eat healthy. Thanks Michelle, thanks so much

It's wonderful that Michelle has established a vegetable garden - a good example in health, nutrition, self-reliance, sustainable living. My town started a community garden this year and made 4'x8' plots available to residents. I got one and from late May through Oct. I've had a continuous supply of vegetables: radishes, lettuce, green beans, eggplant, scallions, rareripes, peppers, oregano, basil. Kale is growing now for the winter. It's amazing what a small plot of fertile soil will produce.