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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:21:25 +0000 (GMT), wrote:

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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:47:31 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I dried the bay leaves themselves by putting them in a metal dish on top of
my woodburner - I now have enough for a year of soup flavouring ;-)

I never dry off bay leaves. I have a biggish standard bay and just
rip off a few fresh leaves as required. Drying does nothing for the
taste in my view.

Mine is big enough that we light it up as an outside Christmas tree,
I put twigs on the barbequeue and STILL have to prune it annually!
But it's planted in the soil.

If we go back to the hard winters we used to have here, 20-30 years
ago, I may well lose it, but it doesn't mind -10 Celsius or the soil
freezing to the depth of an inch or so.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Don't bay branches burn beautifully. I've not encountered anything
which burns so fiercely immediately after pruning. It's the essential
oils I assume.

Pam in Bristol
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