Choosing the Right Variety of Watermelon
Before you plant a single seed or seedling, you have to decide on a variety that fits your space, sunny growing season, and desired melon size. Because watermelons require a …
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Pollinating Watermelon Plants
Seeded watermelon plants are easy to pollinate—let the bees take care of it. These plants produce both male flowers, which appear first, and female flowers, which have a swollen base …
Types of Watermelon Plants
There are three types of watermelon, of which different varieties will be either seeded or seedless. These are mini or icebox, picnic, and yellow/orange. …
Wonderful Watermelon: How to Grow the Fruit that Means ‘Summer’
In this month’s Food Gardening Magazine, you get everything you need to know about growing watermelon in your home garden—from planting watermelon and how to pick a watermelon to how …
My Son Jack
My son Jack is the tallest kid in his class—by quite a bit. He has an arm on him a few coaches say they’ve never seen. I first realized his …
My Most-Hated Vegetable
For a lot of us, chances are it’s beets. Just 11% of home gardeners bother to grow beets, and professional farmers don’t do much better. …
Heirloom Harvest
Amy Goldman’s Heirloom Harvest: Modern Daguerretypes of Historic Garden Treasures features over 175 extraordinary photographs, the result of a 15-year collaboration between Goldman, a celebrated plant conservationist and heirloom …
