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 ...

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 ...

If I had to choose a favorite tree, it would be sassafras (Sassafras albidum) because its leaves come in three fun shapes. Some are oval; others have three lobes; still others have a single lobe and ...

The sassafras tree has many uses, but perhaps none better than making root beer. Sassafras oil has a pleasant, somewhat spicy scent that gives root beer its unique flavor. Incidentally, root beer gets ...

"Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filet gumbo 'cause tonight, I'm gonna meet macheramio…" — Hank Williams, 1952 This was our Mystery Plant back in the early spring, and I thought we’d look at after it ...

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) is a native American deciduous tree that grows primarily on the east coast from Maine to Florida, and partially into the plains to Iowa. It is very abundant here in ...

Talk about a tree that has it all. During my nature walks, I can stand beneath one and talk for 30 minutes. At a glimpse, this deciduous tree has unique, deeply furrowed bark; contorted branches; ...