Photo of a bay tree in our garden (with cobweb 🕸)🍃
We love Indian cooking and always have a bag of dried bay leaves in our herb and spices drawer. The dried version has a stronger flavour than freshly picked bay leaves.
Bay leaves are also used in roasts, soups and stews as well as in tea, cosmetics, soup and medicine.
The leaves contain vitamins A and C, iron, potassium, magnesium and calcium. The reputed benefits are the treatment of respiratory and digestive conditions, aiding in the management of diabetes and having anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.
The tree is beautiful in our garden, particularly when it has berries growing at this time of year, 
(Source: organicfacts.net)