Determining when to harvest your watermelon begins weeks before the expected harvest time. You should check up on your melons ...

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?

If you've noticed stunted watermelon growth, don't fret—our expert advice will get your melons back on track. Nothing says summer like a juicy, sweet, homegrown watermelon. The classic summertime ...

Summer brings the arrival of one of our garden favorites: watermelon. One of the primary challenges to eating watermelon can be those pesky seeds. We don’t want to eat them because, you know, a ...

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 ...

Watermelon is a stimulating fruit ideal for the hot season. It is nutritious and rich in vitamin A, B6 and C. According to David Mwesigye a gardening expert, watermelon germinates from seeds which are ...

Watermelon and cucumber seeds are popular in school projects, says nurseryman Greg Rohde, because they are easy and economical to grow. That holds for the home garden, too, although transplants are ...

Extend the festivities of slicing up a red-to-the-rind watermelon into the fall-winter season with an early August planting. Watermelons traditionally have been a spring crop, but the late summer ...