The Gardener Magazine

Preserving melons

f you’re lucky enough to have enough space to grow sweet melons, also known as or cantaloupe, you are bound to have plenty of melons that may be in need of preserving for leaner months. Planted in spring and summer, sweet melon fruit forms on a rambling vine and will be ready to harvest in four months. Melons are ready to harvest

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