Any reason to save logs of Calif. bay laurel?

[MJ]

Neighbor cut down a small bay laurel. There's a couple of small logs (largest about 40 - 48", about 2 or more inches diameter).

Worth saving for anything woodworking wise? Turnings? Knobs?

Anybody worked with it before?

MJ

[Scott Lurndal]

[Sonny]

[sibosop]

Found this interesting. Somewhere near the bottom of the article, it says the wood attracts insects that reduce it to powder.

[Zz Yzx]

Too bad he lost the tree. The last time I bought leaves at the store, it was going for over $80/oz.

-Zz

[Scott Lurndal]

You might not like the california bay laurel leaves - they're much more potent than the bay leaves from the med. Be very careful with them.

(Visit the Villa Montalvo in Saratoga Ca, and walk the county trails there to see a lot of bay laurel mixed in with the redwoods).

scott

[mjmwallace]

Thanks for all the interesting posts. I got home from work, my neighbor chopped up all the long logs and it went into the recycle bin. Oh, well, there's more on the property.

Thanks again.

MJ