First lady Michelle Obama welcomed fifth-graders back to the White House garden Tuesday to pick the lettuce and peas they helped plant in the spring. The produce was from an ongoing project with Bancroft Elementary School. Many of the students helped the first lady plant the vegetable garden in April. Mrs. Obama had her hands in the dirt and helped the kids in cutting several varieties of lettuce. She also flaunted her enjoyment in eating raw sweet peas.
“It tastes great doesn’t it when the vegetables are fresh?” she asked. “We all have to have vegetables every single day, every day.”
Together the group harvested 73-pounds of lettuce and 12-pounds of peas from the 1,100-square-foot, L-shaped plot on the South Lawn. Later, the fifth-graders made salad using the newly picked lettuce and decorated cupcakes baked with honey instead of sugar.
Sounds like a great day at the White House to me!
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