Our little garden went from this...
To this!
We planted tomatoes, rattlesnake beans, okra, zucchini, and even corn (a long story, but suffice it to say that there is an inner farmer somewhere in Cannon). So far the rattlesnake beans are the only thing ready to be harvested, but can I just say that they are EVERYWHERE and there are more to be picked when we get home from the beach next week?
We are in Rosemary for a vacation before selling our Olivia Charles Antiques line at the West Indies Market here next Saturday 11-6 (June 9-10) and Sunday10-5. So before we hit the road we harvested lots of our rattlesnake beans and packed them to cook while we're here.
Parrish half helped harvest, half horsed around (it turns out beans make good fake mustaches).
In the end our "bounty" was pretty amazing. Enough for two meals.
We cooked them last night at the beach to have with pasta and they were delicious. The look on Parrish's face is about how we felt when we picked the beans. I asked Cannon if it was sad that something so small gets us this excited. It's the little things that get us.
For those of you who are wondering what in the heck a rattlesnake bean is...it is very similar to a green bean. A little heartier taste and need to be cooked a few minutes longer, but your kids wouldn't know the difference. You can find them very rarely at the farmers market, so if you see them, buy them! They are "heirloom" which I assume means they planted them way back when. Cannon can remember his grandparents having them on their farm. I bought the seeds online.
Today we took the morning off from the beach and pool and headed to Gulf World in PCB and I was pretty impressed. It is a VERY SMALL version of Sea World, but that is what I liked about it. Tons of fun animal shows and encounters all back to back and within easy walking distance. No shows overlap so you just walk from one to the other and the whole thing only takes about 3 hours.
We saw flamingos...
Macaws (which Parrish thought were pretty cool bc of Blue from the movie Rio)
Sea lions...
More sea lions...
Dolphins...
And more dolphins...
Red tailed Boa Snakes (I still cannot believe Parrish held that thing!)...
And iguanas. And a good time was had by all. Now it's onto more beach, pool, bike, and dine followed by more beaching, pooling, biking and dining. Just the way a vacation should be.
If you're in the 30A area this weekend, please come by and see us at the West Indies Market in Rosemary Beach. There are always TONS are great booths with handmade wares and we'd love to see you!
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