The only crop that will still be in the ground is potatoes which grow very well in the Interior climate. Advertising for the fair took advantage of all the puns available from this slogan. I hope you got a peas of the action, too. Cabbage, broccoli, lettuce and carrots outsize any produce you come by in the lower 48 states. I've seen 50-pound cabbages at the Tanana Valley Fair more than once.
Excitement fills the air.
Children enter their drawings. Cooks enter their best recipes with the prospect of bringing home a blue ribbon. Gardeners prepare their dahlias for the flower show . Local crafts people display their artistry. By the end of August, the children will be returning to school.