Comments on: Selling Bay Leaves http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/ Herbs, fun, education - bring the family! Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:48:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Herbanite Bob http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Herbanite Bob Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:37:59 +0000 http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/#comment-515 Neat marketing concept with Evelyne's post is not only use bay leaves with cinammon and oregano but if all ingredients organically raised then that would add value. Bay also used with other herbs/spices to make culinary blends and package with outside of pack being a sprig of bay. Neat marketing concept with Evelyne’s post is not only use bay leaves with cinammon and oregano but if all ingredients organically raised then that would add value. Bay also used with other herbs/spices to make culinary blends and package with outside of pack being a sprig of bay.

]]> By: sandeep http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-514 sandeep Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:18:19 +0000 http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/#comment-514 I have the same question - I live in Romford, Essex.UK I have a large bay-leaf tree/bush in the garden which I have been pruning for years - I always feel that it is such a waste throwing the leaves away every year. I always wanted to start a modest business - could this be it? Sandeep (Essex,UK) I have the same question – I live in Romford, Essex.UK
I have a large bay-leaf tree/bush in the garden which I have been pruning for years – I always feel that it is such a waste throwing the leaves away every year.

I always wanted to start a modest business – could this be it?

Sandeep (Essex,UK)

]]> By: evelyne bautista http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-446 evelyne bautista Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:02:02 +0000 http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/#comment-446 Hi celia, I'm from the Philippines, and using bay leaf as main components of my organic insect repellant is one way of making use of your extra bay leaf. mix it with cinnamon powder and dried oregano leaves, wrap in small piece of cloth, throw inside your closet, and you have a sweet smelling insect repellant potpouri. Hi celia, I’m from the Philippines, and using bay leaf as main components of my organic insect repellant is one way of making use of your extra bay leaf. mix it with cinnamon powder and dried oregano leaves, wrap in small piece of cloth, throw inside your closet, and you have a sweet smelling insect repellant potpouri.

]]> By: Bob Johnson http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Bob Johnson Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:11:19 +0000 http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/#comment-408 Hi Celia, Gosh at age 13 what an entrepreneur you are!!! An entrepreneur is one who finds better ways to do things and sometimes makes a profit doing that. Keep up your good work. Bay leaves tend to have the most value in areas where the bay tree/bush itself can not survive outside all year so they have to buy them. If you are in tropical climate where warm all year then less values since trees live there all year long. One of the highest values you can have is to do some cuttings from existing bay tree branches and root them to become what are called "bay topiaries". This is nothing but a bay tree shaped with a "ball" or "two ball" structures on top. It then becomes a topiary and is called either a single or double topiary depending on how many balls on it. Because it takes a long time to grow in many climates and requires some pruning to develop the shape, then the labor adds to it's value. Don't do only 5 or 10 topiaries but grow 50 - 100 outside in your yard, in submerged pots so can remove it when it's 2- 3 feet tall, and sell. Realize not exactly selling leaves but another way to make money. If you in tropical climate and want to sell leaves then create unique packaging, preferably with story of you and your business and sell on internet. Keep working. Herbanite Bob Hi Celia,

Gosh at age 13 what an entrepreneur you are!!! An entrepreneur is one who finds better ways to do things and sometimes makes a profit doing that. Keep up your good work.

Bay leaves tend to have the most value in areas where the bay tree/bush itself can not survive outside all year so they have to buy them. If you are in tropical climate where warm all year then less values since trees live there all year long.

One of the highest values you can have is to do some cuttings from existing bay tree branches and root them to become what are called “bay topiaries”. This is nothing but a bay tree shaped with a “ball” or “two ball” structures on top. It then becomes a topiary and is called either a single or double topiary depending on how many balls on it. Because it takes a long time to grow in many climates and requires some pruning to develop the shape, then the labor adds to it’s value. Don’t do only 5 or 10 topiaries but grow 50 – 100 outside in your yard, in submerged pots so can remove it when it’s 2- 3 feet tall, and sell.

Realize not exactly selling leaves but another way to make money. If you in tropical climate and want to sell leaves then create unique packaging, preferably with story of you and your business and sell on internet.

Keep working.

Herbanite Bob

]]> By: Celia http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Celia Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:49:03 +0000 http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/#comment-407 I am 13 and i have the same issue. I am wanting to sell Bay Leaves, but where can i sell them to? Celia (Adelaide, SA) I am 13 and i have the same issue. I am wanting to sell Bay Leaves, but where can i sell them to?

Celia (Adelaide, SA)

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