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Pot Pourri
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The scents of a summer garden are among lifeīs most elusive treasures. While you canīt quite bottle the smell of the evening breeze, it is surprisingly easy to keep some of the seasonīs gentle fragrances in a potpourri jar.

Creating fragrant and beautiful blends of flowers, herbs, and spices is both an art and a science, but it can also be a hobby whose greatest successes are serendipitous. There are no rules about which herbs and flowers go together. If your nose and your eyes tell you it is right, then it is.

Creating fragrance with flosers and herbs is a pleasure that anyone can enjoy. Although

a backyard garden provides a ready source of materials, those without a garden can have just as much fun creating their own blends. Natural food stores, fragrance shops, herb farms, florists, and mail-order suppliers sell everything necessary to create beautiful, gragrant potpourri. Some of the ingredients can be gathered in the wild from roadsides, the seashore, or even vacant lots.

So read on; you will be creating your own original potpourri before you know it.