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. Darkness falls at night. Check out the current month's Calendar of Events for more Fairbanks activities.