Sharon,
You've answered all of my remaining questions about Sassafras in one highly captivating and interesting article. Thank you!
Today, I must take a few moments and collect a root or two, now that I know that this is the proper time. I haven't had "pink tea" in years!
[Ha! I had always wondered how you managed to get some bark off of a Sassafras tree's big roots (now I know it's a sapling I need) without waiting for one to blow over in a storm!
That's the only way I'd ever seen any collected before reading this.
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