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CA: Another first lady plants a garden (Maria Shriver on the Capitol Park grounds in Sacramento)
SFGate.com ^
| 3/24/09
| Wyatt Buchanan
Posted on 03/24/2009 8:09:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
It seems everyone is getting into gardens.
First Lady Michelle Obama held a groundbreaking Friday for a White House Kitchen Garden and today California First Lady Maria Shriver announced that a similar garden would be planted on the Capitol Park grounds in Sacramento.
Shriver's office is still working out details, but the 800-square-foot "demonstration garden" will be on the east side of the Capitol building and will be planted in May. It will replace an existing flower bed.
"We're going to see how that will work. If it's successful we'll talk about expanding it," said Francisco Castillo, Shriver's spokesman. He said it would not be like the "huge" garden planted at San Francisco's Civic Center last year.
Berkeley chef Alice Waters, the grand dame of edible gardens, will help with the project.
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TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: california; flotusmichelle; garden; mariashriver; schwarzenegger; shriver
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I wonder if they will use volunteers or undocumented workers.
To: NormsRevenge
She could be the scare crow
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:10:41 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: NormsRevenge
Did she dress like Michele whilst tilling the soil?
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:10:58 PM PDT
by
George Smiley
(They're not drinking the Kool-Aid any more. They're eating it straight out of the packet.)
To: NormsRevenge
If Shriver and Obama have begun growing their own food, the rest of us better get busy. I think they know something we don’t know.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:12:40 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Mom always said, "Never just anyone whose name can't be spelled backwards." Like Soros.)
To: NormsRevenge
All the bums and panhandlers that infest Sacramento will stand around it and ask for someone to pick veggies for them.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:12:53 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: NormsRevenge
sounds like more work for Mexicans....
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:13:24 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Conservative and fighting for freedom and liberty....whether you like it or not.)
To: al baby
She could be the scare crowGee, why would you say that?
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:15:35 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
(Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
To: NormsRevenge
"This new garden will bring awareness to children, students and visitors about the important role of food, where it comes from, ..." What would Maria know about food? EAT, Maria!
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:17:19 PM PDT
by
calcowgirl
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
To: NormsRevenge
I have 6 tomatoes plants growing like weeds here in San Diego, we will have 3 variates ready to eat in a month.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:20:52 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: NormsRevenge
First off, she isn’t planting it herself except for photo ops and she’s going to have other tending it until she’s bored with it.
And yes, we should all grow gardens if we want to and hang those idiots telling us we can and they can’t. More diversion and distraction.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:23:10 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: freekitty
Meant to say we can’t and they can’t.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:24:21 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: NormsRevenge
can’t wait to see Michele out in the garden with her ho.
To: NormsRevenge
Plant it next to that homeless tent city in Sacremento where it will do some good. This is some subtle message of hoping to start a trend without actually telling people to panic.
To: NormsRevenge
Gardening must be testing positve before focus groups.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:37:07 PM PDT
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: NormsRevenge
Neither the garden in Sacramento nor the garden in Washington will have any shortage of fertilizer.
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:45:56 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(Defend America -- Oppose Obama!)
To: Lizavetta
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:51:01 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
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posted on
03/24/2009 8:54:52 PM PDT
by
tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: stboz
More than likely that will be using it as their personal porta potty!
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posted on
03/24/2009 9:14:13 PM PDT
by
notaliberal
(Obama: The Abortion President)
To: notaliberal
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posted on
03/24/2009 9:15:46 PM PDT
by
notaliberal
(Obama: The Abortion President)
To: NormsRevenge
Will part of Maria’s job be keeping the bums from relieving themselves on the veggies?
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posted on
03/24/2009 9:16:36 PM PDT
by
Fred
(Proud Member of the Obama Enemies List)
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