Melon season — one joy of living in California — has arrived. You can put melons in almost anything. Try these recipes for salads, chilled soups, granita and more.

Harvesting melons at the perfect time is crucial. Melons will have the highest sugar content if allowed to ripen fully on the ...

July is National Watermelon Month, a time when the summer staple takes center stage at picnics, barbecues and farmers markets ...

Southern California has plenty of celebrity chefs but Alex Weiser is the closest thing we have to a celebrity farmer.

Discover the best way to store cantaloupe to extend its shelf life, and how to know if your fruit has gone bad.

Fruits and plants are high on the list when it comes to an iguana's diet. But pizza? Yes. One iguana was caught on video ...

As watermelons ripen, the vine and plant undergo some changes. There are some small curly growths along the watermelon vines called tendrils. One of the first indicators of ripeness is that the ...

WILLSBORO — The latest results of local foods research funded by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program provide growers with data and insight into the production ...

Key Points The most reliable way to tell if a cantaloupe is ripe is to tug on the fruit. When it separates easily and cleanly from the stem, it's ready to harvest.Ripe cantaloupe loses its green color ...

Japanese crown melons are known throughout the agricultural world as “the king of fruits,” and Asian supermarket HMart’s Upper West Side location is running a special on them: $130 apiece ...

MISSOURI — With the Fourth of July sweeping the skies of the Ozarks today, Ozarks First is glancing back at how several local counties celebrated the holiday many decades ago — and it all ...