Any reason to save logs of Calif. bay laurel?

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

http://www.paleotechnics.com/Articles/Bayarticle.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbellularia

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/laurel.htm

Sonny

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

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

-Zz

Zz Yzx <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Neighbor cut down a small bay laurel. There's a couple of
>>small logs (largest about 40 - 48", about 2 or more inches diameter).
>
>Too bad he lost the tree. The last time I bought leaves at the store,
>it was going for over $80/oz.
>
>-Zz

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

MJ <[email protected]> writes:
>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

http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/several_pubs.php?grouping_id=100&header_id=p

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