Novice gardener purchased bay/goji/rosemary and already havingproblems help please
On Oct 27, 9:50*pm, David in Normandy
wrote:
Judith in France wrote:
I would keep them outside, I have bay and it survives, albeit a bit
battered and we live in pretty inclement weather here in Winter.
My bay tree is a thug. I had to take the chainsaw to it the other year
to trim it back a bit! It self seeds all over the place with little bay
trees coming up like weeds in lots of strange places - I guess the birds
carry the seeds. Nice tree though. Always looks healthy.
When I see bay leaves for sale in supermarkets in little pots it makes
me laugh. I've got enough bay leaves to feed Europe :-) *I wonder if
there is a market for them on eBay ;-)
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I agree, I won't use dried bay, it has to be fresh. The little packet
of fresh herbs I do buy in the Winter are those herbs which won't
survive, e.g. Basil which is a herb I use a lot of. I have made a
dried herb mixture, for bread stuffings and for farcie, of basil,
thyme and oregano, it was pretty easy dryng it in a low oven or in the
warming drawer of the cooker and then crumbling up when dry. It's as
good as dried herbs get but nothing like fresh.
Judith
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