The first pawpaw I ever saw was in a town in Michigan. It wasn’t long before I learned that the town was named after the pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba). Turns out there are also communities called Paw ...

As the folk song lyrics go, when asked where “pretty little Susie” is, the answer is “pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets, way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.” A little-known fruit, the ...

We’re nearing the end of fruit season in Michigan -- the apples are coming in hot (in some cases, literally hot, as in hot cider), but there’s another fruit that is native to Michigan that is in peak ...

Have YOU ever heard of the pawpaw? It’s the largest edible fruit native to the United States, and it used to be more well-known. Towns are named after it, including Paw Paw, Illinois. It’s scientific ...

Author Bryant Terry's home in Oakland's Laurel neighborhood is easy to spot - it's the one with enormous raised vegetable beds in the front yard, his version of the political lawn sign to support home ...

After having been the director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, my vision of nature was transformed. I could see more clearly the importance certain plants played in the sustainability of ...