The point here is Michelle Obama wants a garden and I know something about gardens. The First Lady of the house in which I was raised was big on `em. She had it in her head that gardens were a great way to teach young boys about work, responsibility and nature n all rolled into one. The problem is n at least from the perspective of a young boy - gardens are a whole lotta’ work. Combine that with the fact my colleagues on the garden work crew -- my older brothers -- were little more than scallywags when it came to honest labor, and one can appreciate how little I appreciate gardening. Sure, it’s true. Fresh garden vegetables are one of life’s great pleasures. They rank right up there with fine Scotch. But after years of pulling more than my weight in the family plot, I now take my vegetables out of the can. Which is why Michelle Obama impresses me so. She figured out how to get other people to do the garden work/Dan Hammes, St. Maries Gazette-Record. More here.

Question: What do you make of Michelle Obama's attempt to start a White House garden?