While you can grow your own watermelons by saving the seeds, properly selecting and preserving the seeds is key, otherwise ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Hot, dry growing conditions have watermelon crops doing anything but withering on the vine. Prices may be a different story altogether. Indiana producers are harvesting a better ...

There's a watermelon variety for every garden size. Fact checked by Jillian Dara Growing watermelon in the garden requires ...

Here's how to grow the most delicious watermelons. A perfectly ripe watermelon should be sweet, juicy, and packed with a fruity flavor that brings to mind backyard barbecues and summertime picnics.

Determining when to harvest your watermelon begins weeks before the expected harvest time. You should check up on your melons early on and become familiar with the color and sheen of the rind.

If there is a fruit that epitomizes summer, it is the watermelon. This thirst-quenching fruit is recognized on Aug. 3 with the National Watermelon Day (nationalday365.com). Watermelons are ...

A ripe watermelon will feel heavy, have a dry brown tendril, a yellow ground spot, dull skin, and a sweet smell. Check that the blossom end is slightly soft, the color is vibrant and uniform, and it ...

Smith County and adjacent counties, like Simpson County, are known for their excellent watermelons. Sometimes, they come up on their own. That’s what ...

Raise your hand if you know that July 4, 1776, is the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. Those powdered-wigged dudes somehow managed to endure the pointy shoes and stiff, wool threads in ...