Fall Harvest of the White House Garden - Michelle Obama gets help from Elementary School Kids- Pics

[Kadie]

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama poses for a photo during the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden, with students from Kimball Elementary School, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
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First lady Michelle Obama high fives a student from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School as they harvest vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


First lady Michelle Obama, left, looks on as a girl from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School jumps as she uses tool to dig for sweet potatoes as they harvest vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with students from Bancroft Elementary School on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)


A girl from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School reacts as she sees the sweet potato being held by first lady Michelle Obama as they harvest vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama holds a sweet potato as she attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with local elementary school students on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama holds an earth worm as she attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with local elementary school students on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with students from Bancroft Elementary School on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)



First lady Michelle Obama walks with with children from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School after they harvested vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


First lady Michelle Obama helps students from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School as they push a wheel barrow with sweet potatoes they harvested from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with students from Bancroft Elementary School on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)


First lady Michelle Obama, left center, claps with children from Washington's Bancroft and Kimball Elementary Schools after their harvest of vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


First lady Michelle Obama, left center, smiles with children from Washington's Bancroft and Kimball Elementary Schools after their harvest of vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

[thereismore]

1. I hear Barack likes sweet potato pie... nt

[LynzM]

2. Great pics :)

So good to see her encouraging this!

[Hepburn]

3. Charming....absolutely charming....KNR...n/t

[mod mom]

4. but this article says the soil was contaminated w lead & sludge:

http://current.com/items/90333385_the-white-house-organ...

Did they do an epa clean up?

[shanti]

13. no, they used raised beds instead

you can see one in the picture.

[tridim]

5. Those massive organic sweet potatoes apparently don't exist.

Remeber big-agra's warnings earlier this year?

[Barack_America]

7. They're enormous!

Wow. Much bigger than the ones we got from our garden (which were not organic because we started late and had to go with store bought seedlings).

[Kadie]

8. Look at this little girl's reaction

A girl from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School reacts as she sees the sweet potato being held by first lady Michelle Obama as they harvest vegetables from the garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

[JuniperLea]

16. That gives me chills!

This young lady will never, ever forget about this!

I doubt I will either

[JuniperLea]

6. You can't put a value on an experience like this...

For the kids who participated, to those of us who watched from the first digging, first seeds, and now the harvest.

That's what it's all about folks. You reap what you sow... we've been given a very broad lesson on life here.

I for one have enjoyed it immensely!

[Kadie]

12. Absolutely.

[SPedigrees]

9. Great photos! Thanks for posting. What an impressive harvest.

I wonder...do the kids get to sample some of these vegies after they are prepared by the WH cook?

[eppur_se_muova]

10. "Green thumb" takes on a whole new meaning!

those are some seriously huge sweet potatoes!

[hootinholler]

11. Look at all them sweet taters! Gonna make pie?

I hear your husband likes pie.

-Hoot

[Cass]

14. Wow, those sweet potatoes are huge!

Great photos, everyone is having a great time by the looks of it.

Can't help noticing Michelle is wearing her Star Trek belt again - she really likes that belt!

[deaniac21]

15. WOW! I'll bet she really needs the help, that garden is BIG!

[TicketyBoo]

17. I hate to be a wet blanket, but

it would've been nice if they'd sent the girls to that public school, wouldn't it?

Public schools need to be the best schools in town so that's where parents want to send their kids.