If your melons are under-performing, these simple tips can help turn things around. Nothing says summer like a juicy, sweet, homegrown watermelon. Depending on the variety, it can take between 70 to ...

Grow your own sweet, juicy fruit by starting watermelon seeds indoors or out with this step-by-step guide. Knowing how to grow watermelons from seed means you can enjoy this sweet summer treat right ...

The National Garden Bureau has designated 2013 as the Year of the Watermelon. Is that enough to encourage more backyard growers to try their hand at raising this traditional picnic/barbecue treat?

The favorite mystery of watermelon purchase or growing is how to tell if it is ripe, be it in the field or supermarket. For me, there is only one sure way to find out. But in reality, the method ...

The Tap Test: Watermelons are not a musical instrument, but picking a ripe watermelon will be music to your ears. Pick up the fruit and give it a light tap. If it gives back a hollow sound, it usually ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — A watermelon has stirred up quiet the craze in this small neighborhood in Rockford. A watermelon weighing in at just over 84 pounds started as a small seed before growing to the size ...

Just when you thought the gardening world would be content and that we didn’t need another new coleus, Mini Me Watermelon is rocking scorecards in university trials. Mini Me Watermelon is part of the ...