The White House has been pretty stingy with the garden updates. After the initial planting frenzy we didn't get much news. Why no webcam where you can watch the lettuce grow, minute-by-minute? I would *pay* for that. Politico 44, get on it!
Here's what I know so far, culled from various sources:
As for our house, there are no bees but we're doing pretty well too. We've worked through two plantings of radishes and lettuce and nearly polished off all the chard and spinach. Snap peas are on the vine and a few green beans have appeared, hidden well under the shade of their bushy leaves. The Early Girl tomatoes have fruited, though they still have quite a way to go before we eat them. And I'm pretty convinced that all four heads of broccoli will become the size of human heads before we arrive home from vacation; here's hoping they hold out so we can get in on the broccoli action.
image credit/caption (top): Charlie Brandts, a White House carpenter as well as beekeeper, collects
the first batch of honey from the beehives on the South Lawn of the
White House, June 10, 2009. (Official White House Photographer Lawrence
Jackson)
Here's what I know so far, culled from various sources:
as of mid-June more than 90 pounds of produce has been harvested;
it's a mix of lettuce, snap peas, beans, kale, collards, swiss chard, and herbs;
the garden hasn't been certified organic but it's chemical-free; and
the White House kitchen is using most of the food, but some has been donated to a local soup kitchen.
The photo above depicts the White House beekeeper collecting the first batch of honey from the Obama hives. Nice! it's a mix of lettuce, snap peas, beans, kale, collards, swiss chard, and herbs;
the garden hasn't been certified organic but it's chemical-free; and
the White House kitchen is using most of the food, but some has been donated to a local soup kitchen.
As for our house, there are no bees but we're doing pretty well too. We've worked through two plantings of radishes and lettuce and nearly polished off all the chard and spinach. Snap peas are on the vine and a few green beans have appeared, hidden well under the shade of their bushy leaves. The Early Girl tomatoes have fruited, though they still have quite a way to go before we eat them. And I'm pretty convinced that all four heads of broccoli will become the size of human heads before we arrive home from vacation; here's hoping they hold out so we can get in on the broccoli action.
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