White House veggie garden is rotting, full of weeds

Reuters reports that First Lady Michelle Obama's beloved vegetable garden is suffering, an apparent victim of the ongoing government shutdown.

In the famous White House kitchen garden, tomatoes are rotting on the vine. Herbs have gone to seed. And the sweet potatoes - a favorite of President Barack Obama - have become worm food.

It's another impact of the government shutdown, one that only the fox and the many squirrels that live on the White House grounds could love.

A foodie blog called Obamafoodarama that obsessively covers the White House "food ephemera" and the administration's food policy has posted photos of the normally immaculate garden looking more like what most gardeners' plots appear at this time of the year - overgrown.

The First Lady should pull a Chris Cox and take matters into her own hands.