Rich and juicy, melons are powerhouses of both flavor and nutrition. They're part of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which ...

Even if all my melon baller did was ball melons, I’d be grateful. But it’s also a great tool for other summer produce. A shallow nip using the smaller scoop effortlessly hulls strawberries.

You can either transplant or direct seed melons. For best performance, plant melons in hot, sunny locations with fertile, well drained soils. Plant melon seeds 1 week to 10 days before the last spring ...

But you may also look for more ways to manage it. One that you may have heard of is bitter melon. It’s a vegetable used in Asia, South America, India, and parts of Africa. It looks and tastes a ...

Karela juice, a North Indian beverage, is made from a fruit called bitter melon. It has many potential health benefits and may help to improve skin health and lower blood sugar levels. Karela ...

Mr. Weiser runs Weiser Family Farms, and in the last few weeks of summer, his melons are a sublime and inevitable extravagance at restaurants across Los Angeles. “Weiser melon,” which is how ...

This plant is not called watermelon for nothing! The large, fleshy fruits are 92% water. As you can imagine, it takes a lot of water to grow a good melon. However, watermelon plants have shallow roots ...

Sweet and juicy honeydew melons are traditionally a crop grown in a greenhouse but can be cultivated outdoors successfully in warmer climates. Honeydew melons have pale green flesh and these popular ...

Melons are part of the Cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes foods like pumpkins and cucumbers. There are dozens of ...

This refreshing fruit salad is perfect to bring to summer al fresco gatherings when melons are at their peak. It can be made in advance and chilled, without the fruit going brown. Each serving ...