It has nothing to do with her. Sales of seeds and guns WAY up even before she stepped foot in the WH.
Vegetable Gardens Growing In Popularity [Michelle Obama Effect?]
Ah grow up..
Peoplehave been planting gardens since the beginning of time. And they always surge in popularity during poor economic times...
[Michelle Obama Effect?]
You must be kidding with that title. People are losing their jobs, food prices are going up. The stupid token White House vegetable has nothing to do with this trend. Survival does.
Michelle Obama???
Yep, everybody is afraid we will starve under her husband’s watch.
I would call it “the China effect.” During communism, the only place the people could get food was the little garden which they tended themselves. There was nothing in the stores, at least that they could afford. And they had no incentive to work because they did not get paid what they produced. Their garden was the only thing that really belonged to them.
And so it is the same under the Obamanation.
I doubt it has much to do with her but I think it’s a great idea and I hope more do it. I intend to make mine bigger this year. Space is not a problem. Ambition is.
I doubt it has much to do with her but I think it’s a great idea and I hope more do it. I intend to make mine bigger this year. Space is not a problem. Ambition is.
Seriously, I bet by May that the Obamas abandon the garden until ceremonial harvest and leave its care and watering to the White House groundskeepers.
Given how the first photo op presented a reenactment of ‘Green Acres’ of sorts, these people living in the White House are play actors.
I am guessing the servants are out tending that garden for the ‘Queen’ because gardening requires full time attention, if one really plans on actually harvesting food for consumption. And there is no time to garden if you are always on tour or vacationing away from the garden.
Suddenly, I think that I have witnessed the biggest ass in this country if this writer thinks that growing a vegetable garden is someway remotely related to Ms Obama, who btw only recently began to feel good about her country! The Sacramento Bee is in serious need of objective writers........
was planning mine long before she did...LOL It’s a money thing. I like to eat an can no long afford to without some free food...Hey maybe Obama can fly me in a pizza...
For FReepers who garden and are smokers, here’s a tip.
Save your butts.
Get a big plastic jug that holds about a gallon of water. Fill it near full, and toss our butts in.
After a day or so, strain it out and save the liquid part.
Nicotine is deadly to insects, that’s why the tobacco plant makes it. This is a quite strong insecticide, and does a pretty good job of repelling moles and gophers as well.
USE EXTREME CAUTION AND COMMON SENSE!!
A teaspoon of the stuff will kill you OR your pets!
Also, since tobacco is somewhat related to the nightshade family of plants, it’s recommended you don’t use this very heavily around potatoes or tomatoes.
I want to emphasize again USE CAUTION!
oh, look.....y’all are planting gardens and are imitating MO.......LOL
The ‘ho’ doesn’t know how to hold a ‘hoe’.
Good. Glad to see the first lady encouraging this hobby.
Now, they won’t give me any crap for my garden.
My...TOBACCO garden...
MUAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
More people have been taking up gardening for a few years now. Last year several common seeds I use were sold out by late May in farmer’s coops, and the old basic seed racks that are seen in many stores had many empty slots, very unusual. The seed shortage was fairly common conversation while Rush coordinated his “Operation Chaos” last Spring, long before anyone had even been nominated for president.
If this undue credit for the Obamas is irritating (and it is), you should be watching Geraldo tonight mentioning Obama’s critical decisions making in the pirate crisis every half a chance he gets. Just stopped watching the pathetic suck-up even though I was interested in the discussion of the rescue of the Captain.