Tuesday morning cloudy, wet skies gave way to a beautiful afternoon in the White House garden where First Lady Michelle Obama and students from several schools gathered to reap the fruits of their labor. First Lady Obama and students harvest vegetables from the White House garden. Photo/CD Brown. It was an awe inspiring moment to see that which had started as just little seeds months before in April, grow to be what will now feed White House guests, dignitaries, friends, and of course the First Family. Situated near the White House fountain and adjacent to the White House Children’s garden are full grown radishes, cabbage, carrots, spinach, kale, collard greens and leeks ready for the picking (and eating). The first lady joined students from Arthur D. Healey School from Somerville, Massachusetts; and Milton Elementary Schoo l from Milton, Vermont – the later schools whose communities were ravished by Hurricane Sandy earlier this year. Mrs. Ob...
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