Not everyone knows what a pawpaw is. Until more recently, it has been discarded and forgotten, falling in and out of favor over the years. For some, it is a luscious dessert, a delightful treasure hiding in the woods. For others, it is, to say the least, an acquired taste (and texture). It is an eni
Pawpaws are awesome. Go try to find them around April. The flowers are easy to identify. Once you know what a tree looks like, they are super easy to find year round.
If you live somewhere on the eastern half of the US, and you have an overabundance of deer, you probably have pawpaws around. Deer don’t eat pawpaw seedlings, so pawpaws have a competitive advantage in eastern US forests devoid of predators.