Otero County Fair

The Otero County Fair is August 15 to 19 and we need your fruits nuts and produce. Come enter your crops at the Fair or just come see the Fair but please come. We encourage everyone to visit the Fair and have a good time.

Fall Garden

I know it is the middle of July and thinking about a fall garden may not be on your mind but in our part of the world it can be time. I have Master Gardeners already getting started to put theirs in. Pick varieties of plants that will mature before our first frost and that will very with where one lives in the County. In the basin that is around October but in the mountains that could be September.
Either way we still have a growing season left to produce some crops, additionally row cover can be used toward the end of the season to finish out the garden. If the weather is good to us and our monsoon season  starts it is a good time to plant.We also can pick certain varieties of plants that will grow well into the Fall.
There are options available to have a Fall garden come by the extension office and we can help you plan.