The fall season has definitely arrived in my neck of the woods. The foliage peaked a week or so ago and the leaves have begun piling up in lawns. But one thing many of you may have noticed is that the big cardboard bin of watermelons at your local grocery store has been replaced by a big cardboard bin of pumpkins. (I’d rather have the watermelons, thank you very much.)
Don’t worry. It’s normal for this time of year.
Yes, it was nice to be greeted by that bin of watermelons as soon as you walked into the store, but that reminder is gone now. The good news is, you can still buy watermelon, you just have to know where to look. For me, it’s in the chilled produce section, all the way on the far end next to the bagged salads. That’s where the sliced watermelon sits all year round. Maybe you never noticed them (they can be easy to miss), or maybe you forgot they were there. But there they are, all wrapped in plastic with their little price tag sticker on them, just waiting to go home with someone and bring a taste of the summer to their fall or winter day.
Some of you may still be lucky enough to find whole watermelon in your local store, and some of you may have been buying the sliced and chilled variety all along. Either way, it’s nice to know that watermelon addicts like us still have a place to go to satisfy our cravings.
Dr. Penny Perkins-Veazie
Chef Harry Schwartz
Elizabeth Somer, M.A.
Josh Bailey
J-Slice
I’ve seen the watermelon near the bagged salads. The grocery store I shop at also has a salad bar between the deli and produce departments. I can find watermelon there at times too. Watermelon season is right around the corner. Come on summer.
I second that, Ellen! Bring on the summer! (Only 198 days until summer…or something like that.)
I need to purchase a fresh oblong watermelon for a Baby Shower we are having on the 20th of this month. I’m not having any good fortune here in Prince Frederick, MD. I was wondering if I could order one from your company. I need to make a stroller for our Baby Shower….we have to carve the melon out and use fresh fruit to put inside….it will be the hit of the shower….if I can find one. Can you help me? Please respond asap to my e-mail. Thanks and Have a Blessed Day!
Penny Erich
I’m looking for several used cardboard watermelon bins, pumpkins, don’t care what was in them
Any idea where I can get these? I’m in Colorado Springs/Denver area.