Are you having trouble
getting things to grow at 7000 feet?
Are you worried about using too much water?
Do you want to know how to improve your soil?
If you have these or other questions,
come to our free gardening program at
9:00 AM on April 18 at the County Fairgrounds in Capitan
PROGRAM
9:00 AM ~ Soils 101 ~ Soil pH, testing, watering, amendments
10:15 AM ~ High Altitude Gardening
11:30 AM ~ Lunch courtesy of Agri-Tourism Advisory Council
12:30 PM ~ Constructing an Efficient Small Scale Irrigation System
1:30 PM ~ Extend Your Growing Season
2:30 PM ~ Organics for Backyard Composting
Please RSVP to one of the following to reserve your place at the program:
Email ~
manager@ataclincolncounty.org
Lincoln County Extension Office ~ 575 648-2311
Ruth Mouldin ~ 575 354-1395
Sponsored by Agri-Tourism Advisory Council of Lincoln County;
Capitan Farmers Market and NMSU Cooperative Extension Service
If you have a disability and are in need of auxiliary service in order to participate in one of our programs,
please call the office at 648-2311 in advance. The Lincoln County Cooperative Extension Service is a field office of
New Mexico State University and is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and educator.
ew Mexico State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating.
ATAC's Capitan Farmers' Market
Fall Harvest Cook-off
Grand Prize Winner
is
Ol'd George Tippin
with his Green Chilie Stew
Agri-Tourism Advisory Council's
at the
Capitan Country Emporium
115 Smokey Bear Blvd.
in coordination with
Agri-Tourism Advisory Council
“Preserving agricultural heritage through tourism"
Look for these items at this year's Capitan Farmers' Market:
Tomatoes: husky cherry, early girl, healthkick roma, brandywine, and heirloom tomatoes.
Squash: yellow, zucchini, butternut, and winter squash.
Snap Beans: blue lake, purple queen, and gold mine.
Herbs: Sweet basil, dill, oregano, garlic, chives, lemon balm, fennel and fennel seed.
Also okra, cucumbers, and sugar pumpkins, leeks, fingerling potatoes, many varieties of peppers, swiss chard, the bean medley, and radichio.
Flowering Perennial Plants: hot pokers, balloon plant, columbine, and day lillies.
The Capitan Farmers’ Market is located in the parking lot of the Capitan Country Emporium at 115 Smokey Bear Blvd, which is across from the Smokey Bear Historical Park. The market is open each Saturday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. during the season, which is tipically between mid July through the end of September. Agri-Tourism Advisory Council (ATAC), a 501(c)3 organization, sponsors the market; ATAC’s vision is “Preserving agricultural heritage through tourism.” The market is open to both large and small producers of agricultural items in Lincoln County.
