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Kadie

(15,369 posts) Wed Jun 6, 2012, 09:30 PM Jun 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama talks to AP about the White House Kitchen Garden - pics

First lady Michelle Obama arrives for an interview with The Associated Press to talk about the White House Kitchen Garden, Tuesday, June 5, 2012, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

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First Lady Michelle Obama talks to AP about the White House Kitchen Garden - pics (Original Post) Kadie Jun 2012 OP

DU's resident grow-your-own-food-haters to piss all over this thread in 3....2...1..., calling her kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #1

Wow, "grow-your-own-food-haters?" Is there such a thing? (nt) enough Jun 2012 #2

Try recommending that folks grow some of their own veggies to help ease food budget crunches and kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #9

That WH garden looks very healthy! femmocrat Jun 2012 #3

The caption said it was a fig tree. Kadie Jun 2012 #4

I'ts a fig tree. Yummy. skamaria Jun 2012 #5

K&R! Terrific pix! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2012 #6

Spam deleted by Morning Dew (MIR Team) vangore Jun 2012 #7

...profits donated to gardening-related charities & used for the upkeep of WH garden on South lawn. proverbialwisdom Jun 2012 #8

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

1. DU's resident grow-your-own-food-haters to piss all over this thread in 3....2...1..., calling her

Reply to Kadie (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 09:36 PM

Jun 2012

an "elitist".

enough

(13,259 posts)

2. Wow, "grow-your-own-food-haters?" Is there such a thing? (nt)

Reply to kestrel91316 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 09:40 PM

Jun 2012

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

9. Try recommending that folks grow some of their own veggies to help ease food budget crunches and

Reply to enough (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:39 PM

Jun 2012

then sit back and watch the complaints about how unfair it is to the poor to suggest they should perhaps do a little pulling up by their own bootstraps by burning a couple of calories. Because growing a couple of tomato plants is such backbreaking labor and takes such vast amounts of land and time..

Yup, right here on DU. And that crowd can be vicious.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. That WH garden looks very healthy!

Reply to Kadie (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:15 PM

Jun 2012

What kind of tree is she pointing out?

Thanks for the great pix, Kadie! K&R

Kadie

(15,369 posts)

4. The caption said it was a fig tree.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:11 PM

Jun 2012

Sorry I didn't post all the captions. They get pretty repetitive.

Glad you like the pics.

skamaria

(329 posts)

5. I'ts a fig tree. Yummy.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:12 PM

Jun 2012

Rhiannon12866

(205,470 posts)

6. K&R! Terrific pix!

Reply to Kadie (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:57 PM

Jun 2012

She's just wonderful...

vangore

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7. Spam deleted by Morning Dew (MIR Team)

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Thu Jun 7, 2012, 04:41 AM

Jun 2012

proverbialwisdom

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8. ...profits donated to gardening-related charities & used for the upkeep of WH garden on South lawn.

Reply to Kadie (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:17 PM

Jun 2012

http://www.examiner.com/article/michelle-obama-does-david-letterman-s-top-ten-list

June 6, 2012

Michelle Obama does David Letterman's 'Top Ten List'

First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on David Letterman’s “The Late Show” via satellite from the White House on Tuesday. Her performance was to promote her new book,

CLICK HERE to view the promotional video released by NBC:

Mrs. Obama announced the Top Ten list regarding fun-facts about gardening. The list included the comments:

Number 7: In his lifetime, the average American will eat half a radish.

Number 6: The largest zucchini ever grown contained a Starbucks.

Number 5: Later this year, the Supreme Court will finally rule on “tomato” versus “tomahto.”

The Letterman appearance is just one of several that the First Lady has made in recent weeks to promote the book. Additionally, the book’s release along and her public appearances are politically-designed to highlight Mrs. Obama’s tremendous popularity with Americans during President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign.

The profits of Mrs. Obama’s book will be donated to gardening-related charities and used for the upkeep of the White House’s garden on the South Lawn.

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