Sweet, drippy, and a tad crunchy, a bite of a watermelon evokes nostalgic feelings of balmy beach days and summer barbecues. But for a subset of amateur farmers across the country, watermelons are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Remember how as a child you would swallow a watermelon seed and people would scare you with the thought of a watermelon tree growing inside you? As you grew up, you did realize that it was a hoax but ...

Culpeper gardener Paul Jarosh’s 103-pound butternut squash smashed a world record at the recent State Fair of Virginia giant vegetable competition. The squash weighs almost 40 pounds more than the ...

The State Fair of Virginia records for the largest pumpkin and watermelon have been broken! The competitions were held Sept. 27. Hank Houston of Spotsylvania County grew the largest entry in this year ...