Victory Gardens

Okay, so she wasn’t exactly dressed appropriately to put in a garden, but hey, at least First Lady Michelle Obama was personally operating a rake and shovel as she worked side by side with several school children while they broke ground for the first White House produce garden since the Roosevelts resided there. I don’t know about you but it does me good to see the First Lady participating in such a regular activity. I have trouble relating to society luncheons or entertaining dignitaries, but working the soil and putting in a garden; that I can relate to!  The garden, which is planned to have year round rotating crops of assorted vegetables, fruits and herbs, will be used not only for the first family and their guests but at a local soup kitchen nearby.  The White House garden and many others like it this year across the country are one of the few good things resulting from our nation’s troubled economy. They will be our generation’s version of a “victory garden”; the victory of growing organic and healthy food at home for ourselves and our neighbors.