A few weeks ago, I came home with probably the biggest watermelon I’ve ever purchased. I got to the farmers market later than usual, so the smaller melons were gone, and from there I lugged away the ...

Autumn's signs are all around us. The squash displays are out in force, and our thoughts turn to annual tributes to bounty and largesse - such as giant-pumpkin contests. However there still are big ...

WASHINGTON — Some of the best things about summer — pools, barbecues, baseball, and watermelon. One minor annoyance? Watermelon seeds. Since we were warned as kids that if we swallowed watermelon ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Under a mossy live oak on farmer Will Crum’s farm, chef Greg Baker thumped a watermelon. They both listened — a low tone, a little hollow-sounding. “Can I get a little more ...

Todd Dawson says he has strange interests and an incredible wife. “She is perfect,” said Dawson, who holds the North Carolina record for growing the state’s biggest watermelon and is the current world ...

The winner of this year’s State Fair of Virginia giant watermelon competition set a new state record. The monster melon grown by Davis Wells of Hanover County weighed in at a whopping 245.7 pounds.