Best-known for the tea that pioneers made by boiling its root bark, the aromatic native Sassafras albidum, or sassafras tree, is an interesting, useful and showy addition to central Ohio landscapes.

Not many trees have both beautiful fall color in several shades and three types of leaves, all on the same tree. The sassafras tree, (Sassafras albidum), sports an unlobed leaf (football), one-lobed ...

Just a little over a year ago, I launched a From the Farm social media page on Facebook to allow added interaction with readers. With 6,000 followers and growing, it provides one more communication ...

Once in awhile, on the way down the lane, my granddad would stop the truck, reach out the window and break off some twigs of sassafras. I don’t remember the root beer taste; it was more the novelty of ...

It’s been a tough year for many Buckeye families who have stayed close to home and are now seeing their four walls closing almost to suffocation. Those with families particularly, are feeling a need ...

AGAINST the Indian-summer sky, a tree lifts up its hands and testifies to glory, the glory of a blue October day. Yellow or orange, or blood-orange, or sometimes softest salmon pink, or blotched with ...

I enjoyed Saturday mornings in late spring when Dad and I piled into the car to collect leaves for my school project. We'd wind our way along country back roads and hike through Indiana's state parks ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Not many trees have both beautiful fall color in several ...