Four months of hard work in the fields, and the results are finally here! Follow my journey as I grow watermelon, pumpkin, ...

Your favorite summer fruit grown simply in your own garden. There's nothing better than taking a bite out of a slice of fresh watermelon once summertime rolls around. But, if you're a big fan of fresh ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WSET) -- A group of Virginia Tech students are taking home $30,000 and first prize in the Ag-Bot Challenge for a competition on high-tech watermelon harvesting. On a hot summer day, ...

It’s watermelon season (May – September) and what better way to celebrate than to learn a little about the history of summer’s favorite fruit. Infamous author Mark Twain said of watermelon, “…when one ...

Amos Morori (in stripped shirt) admires one of the biggest watermelons in his farm along the River Kerio in Elgeyo Marakwet county as his workers harvest the fruits.He rakes in over sh1.5 million from ...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Until some colleagues set me straight, I thought the person who uttered that line was a watermelon farmer. Had to be. What else could inspire such a ...

COLUMBIA — Watermelons, it turns out, don’t need much water to grow. A warm climate is more important. That’s part of the reason the plantings suit South Carolina. As long as the weather stays balmy, ...