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September 29, 2009

"Elmo liiiike Michelle"

Sesame Street

Photo credit: Sesame Street

First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on the season-opening episode of Sesame Street to teach the furry characters how to plant a vegetable garden.

The show's 40th season debuts Nov. 10, with Mrs. Obama teaching the characters the value of eating fresh fruits and vegetables.

"All these seeds need to grow are sun, soil and water. If you eat these healthy foods, you're going to grow up to be big and strong, like me," Obama says on the show.

"I know you're going to like these vegetables, because in addition to being healthy, they really taste great!"

Rumor has it that Cookie Monster is noticeably absent from the show.

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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