Exhibiting your garden at the fair
The Scotts Bluff County Fair is the place to share your work with others.The Events Center will be open for Horticulture, Floriculture, Field Crop, and Poultry Egg entries on Tuesday, July 28, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.There are a variety of ways to exhibit herbs because of their different growth habits and uses. Bulbs, like garlic and onion, should be fully cured, and the outside papery sheath should be left on. Herbs grown for their leaves, such as basil, oregano, mint and lavender, should be exhibited with their stems in a container of water. Leaves should be fresh and tender, free from blemishes, bruises, and insect and disease damage.
Many herbs are best when harvested and exhibited before they flower. After herbs flower, their essential oils change, and the flavor or scent may be less desirable. There are exceptions, since some herbs, such as lavender, are grown for their flowers. The flowers of herbs grown for blossoms should be fresh, of uniform color and development, and free of soil, insect, and disease damage.The stems should have healthy leaves and, as when exhibiting flowers or other herbs in water, the leaves below the water line should be removed so they do not rot.
