Found this story again while researching sassafras trees and enjoyed reading it all over again!
We had to have our old oak tree removed in January because it was hollow inside and ever since then we were trying to decide whether to leave the space open or try to grow a new tree. I said that if we put a new tree in its place, it had to be one with great fall foliage.
Well as luck would have it, there is a sassafras tree about 2 feet tall growing right in front of the stump of the old oak tree. After reading about the beautiful fall color sassafras provides and the other many wonderful properties of it, I think it is the tree for us.
I think nature had a hand in making the decision for us. On second thought, maybe it was my dear departed dad. He always said "sassyfras" too!
