I loved this article in the HuffPo this morning about Michelle Obama and the White House garden. A few weeks back, when the Obamas first began their garden, there was a ton of press coverage about what they were putting into the garden (not beets!) and so on. But one of the things I'm finding so fascinating about gardening is how it's such a conversation starter.
My coworker and new office-mate started SOMA Farm Report around the same time we started this blog, and our shared interest in gardening is a source of a running conversation at work. Another coworker, visting from London when we first planted, came to our house to help put in the arugula ("rocket", to him). A classmate from grad school noticed a few of my status updates and wrote me about the garden he and his wife are planting over in Berkeley. My mother has continued to show me every week that she has the answer to every question I might possibly have (as she always has!) about gardening. Even more interesting, we've become aware of other Noe Valley blogs that we never would have discovered if we hadn't decided to report on our gardening efforts through the blog and Twitter. It's been a lot of fun already, and it's only been a month.
Which brings me back to the article about Michelle - it's incredible to read that she's having a similar experience! Apparently during her European tour for the G20, Prince Charles and other dignitaries and leaders showed an interest in her garden. How funny to think that their conversations are ones that I could have contributed to - maybe the Queen would like to add some photos of our blog to her iPod? Gardening is a common thread amongst people from all over - producing your own food is fundamental to being human. It's also fun and tasty.
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