NOBLE LEAVES
Oct 10, 2018
3 minutes
Words Jennifer Stackhouse
I don’t need to grow a bay tree as my neighbour regularly appears with a branch from his tree, which he prunes each year and distributes to the neighbourhood’s cooks. I strip the leaves and dry them to use for flavouring stocks and casseroles.
Bay trees are handsome evergreens that can be clipped and managed to grow in any shape or position, even in a large container in a courtyard. Although these are trees, they can be kept to around 2m high
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