Watermelon is a popular melon that can be grown in any garden, as long as you have adequate space and sunlight. One tricky aspect of growing watermelon is knowing when the mature melons are ripe ...

It’s time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we’ve sown. Although it’s fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange ...

It’s tough to deny a slice of a fresh, ripe, juicy cantaloupe during peak season. (That’s June through August, by the way, with the best of the bunch popping up in mid-July, according to cantaloupe ...