Celebrating summer, from prize-winning produce to thrilling carnival rides
The All-Alaskan Racing Pigs will show off their speed during the Placer County Fair, today through Sunday. Courtesy Placer County Fair
Once simply agricultural showcases, county fairs have become celebrations of everything a county has to offer.
The 2025 Placer County Fair, which opens this evening (June 26) @TheGrounds in Roseville, offers favorite carnival rides, food and concerts, but plenty of agricultural shows and competitions too.
The Still Exhibits include displays of agricultural products (eggs, fruits and vegetables), floriculture, homebrews and wine, fine crafts, fine art, clothing and textiles, preserved and baked foods, and photography.
The theme of this year's fair is "Soundtrack to Summer," so there will be professional bands and other music groups performing throughout the fair, which runs through Sunday, June 29. Hours are 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Here are a few of the scheduled highlights in the agriculture area:
-- Egg drop contest, 5:30 p.m. today, Show Ring 1.
-- Pygmy goat costume contest & obstacle course, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Show Ring 2.
-- Pig calling contest, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Show Ring 2.
-- Barn dance, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Show Ring 1.
-- Awards ceremony, 4 p.m. Sunday, Show Ring 1.
Speaking of pigs, the All-Alaskan Racing Pigs will be back this year to entertain fairgoers throughout the day.
Other highlights of the fair include motorsports, a scholarship pageant, a rib cookoff, and a scavenger hunt.
Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for children 6-13 years old, and children 5 and under are free. Admission for military members and seniors 65 years and older is $8. Parking is $10 per day. Tickets for the Sunday rib cookoff are $40 and are sold separately.
Entrance to the Grounds and parking is 700 Event Center Drive, Roseville. Fairgoers are asked not to park in residential areas.
For more information on the fair, go to www.placercountyfair.org.
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We're into our typical summer weather pattern now. Get chores, especially watering, done early in the morning while it's cool.
* It’s not too late to add a splash of color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.
* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, winter squash and sunflowers. Plant Halloween pumpkins now.
* Keep your vegetable garden watered, mulched and weeded. Water before 8 a.m. to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture.
* Water, then fertilize vegetables and blooming annuals, perennials and shrubs to give them a boost. Feeding flowering plants every other week will extend their bloom.
* Don’t let tomato plants wilt or dry out completely. Give tomatoes a deep watering two to three times a week.
* Harvest vegetables promptly to encourage plants to produce more. Squash especially tends to grow rapidly in hot weather. Keep an eye on zucchini.
* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushy plants and more flowers in September.
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* Remove spent flowers from roses, daylilies and other bloomers as they finish flowering.
* Pinch off blooms from basil so the plant will grow more leaves.
* Cut back lavender after flowering to promote a second bloom.
* Give vegetable plants bone meal or other fertilizers high in phosphate to stimulate more blooms and fruiting.
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