fall

Give a Michigander two consecutive nights of temperatures under 70 degrees and you better bet we start reaching for our extra hot, steamed beverage of choice. One of our favorites is back for the fall menu at a local coffee shop.

Gene the Pumpkin Man is an Kalamazoo area icon known each fall for his huge pumpkin patch on M-43 just west of the city.

As fall closes in upon West Michigan many people’s memories turn to riding to the pumpkin farm just outside Mattawan, and visiting “Gene the Pumpkin Man”.

By a press release, The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters, and everyone else outside enjoying the fall weather, to be cautious while lighting campfires and using woodstoves this season.