Wonderful watermelons!

CUISINE & CULTURE
  • Wonderful watermelons!
    Wonderful watermelons!
  • WATERMELONS ALMOST READY— but don’t harvest too early, because a melon will not get any riper after it has been harvested. | TEXAS FARM BUREAUY PHOTO BY BRIAN DiLORIO.png
    WATERMELONS ALMOST READY— but don’t harvest too early, because a melon will not get any riper after it has been harvested. | TEXAS FARM BUREAUY PHOTO BY BRIAN DiLORIO.png

    From the garden

    July is watermelon season. Store-bought melons are filling grocery bins, but soon garden-grown watermelons will mature and be ready for harvest. Picking a melon from the grocer is often hit-and-miss. Here are some pointers to pick a ripe, store-bought melon:

    • A creamy yellow ground spot, the spot where it laid on the ground when the melon was connected to the vine. White ground spot…