ok, this is pretty cool

but i wonder how faux 'news' and the like is going to turn this into an evil activity. ah, perhaps they can call the elementary school children terrorists. or perhaps they can call the garden a communistic activity. hmmmmmmmmmmm

(oh they're even going to have hives! how cool is that???)

Shovel-Ready Project: A White House Garden
By Jane Black
Washington Post Staff Writer
For more than a decade, food activists have rallied, cajoled, even pleaded for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. Now they're finally going to get it.

Today, first lady Michelle Obama will host a groundbreaking for a White House kitchen garden on the South Lawn. She will be joined by students from Bancroft Elementary in Northwest Washington, , whose participation in the project will continue past today, as they help with planting in the coming weeks and harvesting later this year.

The 1,100-square-foot garden will include 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and, yes, arugula. (The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.) There will also be berries, herbs and two hives for honey that will be tended by a White House carpenter who is also a beekeeper. The chefs will use the produce to feed the first family, as well as for state dinners and other official events. ............