Herbfest.net » bay leaves http://herbfest.net/blog Herbs, fun, education - bring the family! Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Selling Bay Leaves http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/ http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:37:07 +0000 Herbanite http://herbfest.net/blog/selling-bay-leaves/ Mr. Johnson,
I have been nurturing a bay leaf tree in my garden for the past 10 years. The tree is now nearly 13 feet tall! I need to trim it back and hate to waste all of those flavorful leaves. Do you know if there is a way I can sell those leaves to an herb vendor? Or if you know of any local markets that may wish to purchase bay leaves? I would like to prune the tree back and I know I’ll have hundreds/ thousands of leaves to spare.

Sherrie

Hi Sherrie, happy post Thanksgiving.

One of best ways to sell is in local farmer’s mkt. or health food type grocer. Emphasize no pesticides, natural etc.

Also if you have long branches you might consider adding value by creating wreaths using the long branches and now not only does one have an “edible wreath” but it also is aromatic if placed indoors.

Hope this helps and also I don’t know where you live, but congrats on your continuing success with your bay tree. Quite an accomplishment!!

Herbanite bobj

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