White House garden grows bigger in year two
Groundbreaking move on White House lawn-
First lady Michelle Obama and Assistant White House chef Sam Kass, left, share shovels with students from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School as they prepare to break ground on the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House in March 2009.
The first-year yield from the White House vegetable garden, Michelle Obama's first salvo in her bid to get us all eating healthier and tackle childhood obesity in the United States, was impressive: 1,000 pounds of food that fed many at the White house and nearby homeless shelters, as well as the beginning of the first lady's nationwide anti-obesity movement.
So, naturally, this spring when Mrs. Obama returned with school children to sow the garden for its second year, she is digging and tilling wider and planting even more. Just like we often do with our own gardens, move them out just a bit every year once we get our footing in the homegrown game. Now 1,500 square feet, the vegetable garden is 400 square feet larger than last year and will grow four new vegetables: bok choy, cauliflower, artichokes, and mustard greens.
Do you plan to plant a garden this spring, or expand the one you already have?
