Michelle Obama thanks Jill Biden for fresh veggies from White House garden she planted

[RandySF]

Michelle Obama is thanking Jill Biden for a "delicious surprise" - a basket filled with veggies from the White House garden that she helped plant as first lady in 2009.

Obama expressed gratitude to Biden in a Tuesday Instagram message, posting a photo of the leafy green-stuffed care package that she described as "beautiful."

Obama broke ground on the vegetable garden on the White House's South Lawn nearly 12 years ago as part of her initiative on childhood healthy eating. The then-first lady was reportedly "committed" to preserving the garden. She penned a book in 2011 about the effort, called "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America."

The outdoor space, officially called the White House kitchen garden, was the site of Melania Trump's first event at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as first lady back in 2017.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/536967-michelle-obama-thanks-jill-biden-for-fresh-veggies-from-white%3famp

[Chicago1980]

1. Hmmm...

I'm surprised it wasn't bulldozed by Melania.

[LizBeth]

2. ? Winter? Is there a hothouse? Cool.

[CottonBear]

5. Kale, cabbage, turnips, radishes, etc can be grown in DC in winter. NT

[LizBeth]

8. Awesome, I had no idea. That is nifty and thanks for the information.

[soldierant]

11. I thought they looked like winter vegetables ... and I though they looked delicious indeed.

But it just as well they're not for me - I got a lump in my throat from the joy which would have prevented me from swallowing properly.

[BigmanPigman]

3. In the Winter?

Is there a hothouse? I thought Melania paved over everything with her lovely tennis court.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Pretty sure the Tennis Court replaced Obama's basketball court ... because, you know (nt)

[LeftInTX]

7. Cool season: Carrots, cabbage, broccoli etc

[LeftInTX]

6. I guess Melania kept it going and these veggies must be from fall planting

Well I'm in Texas and we have fall gardens....

However, even down here it takes longer than 13 days to get a harvest!

[Withywindle]

15. Melania wouldn't have lifted a finger

But I guess the White House grounds staff kept it going, and good for them!

Given another term, I'm sure Melanoma would have ordered it ripped up and replaced, so I'm glad she didn't get the chance.

[TwilightZone]

19. "kept it going" in this instance means...

didn't turn it into a parking lot for Trump's golf cart collection. Kept it around might be a better phrase.

[Hekate]

9. I'm so pleased. I thought Mel had it paved over!

Obviously the WH gardeners have been maintaining it, not Mel, but even so.

[TigressDem]

10. Well it's a good thing BS is good fertilizer.... Malania didn't wreck the place at least...

The outdoor space, officially called the White House kitchen garden, was the site of Melania Trump's first event at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as first lady back in 2017.

[cwydro]

12. Our climate in NC is about the same as DC, even milder.

Maybe they have a greenhouse. My fall garden has long since given up the ghost.

We’ve had a coldish winter for us.

[OnDoutside]

13. I'd be washing the veg really well ....

[Raine]

14. Michelle Obama asked Melania if she would please keep the garden

Melania said she would and apparently she did.

[Brother Buzz]

16. The chef at the Trump International Hotel, D.C. is still waiting out on the loading dock...

waiting for his free veggies.

[PhylliPretzel]

17. National Park Service to the rescue

Mrs. Obama turned the management of the garden over to the National Park Service to prevent the Trumps (or anyone else) from destroying it. See:https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/michelle-obama-garden-changes-white-house-229204
Too bad she didn't include Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden in the plan!

[R B Garr]

18. Love this! Such a wholesome thing to think about.

Thanks Jill and Michelle for starting and continuing this lovely endeavor.