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A traditional way to capture the essence of a summer herb garden is to make a potpourri, a mixture of colorful,
fragrant flowers and leaves displayed in a bowl, sachet, or whatever container you choose. You can use many different herbs,
flowers, and leaves in your potpourri; you are only limited to your imagination. It is probably best to use a few recipes
at first though, experience will soon tell you how much of each fragrant flower or leave to use.
Potpourri has become
a term for many aromatic mixtures. There is the older moist method of making potpourri out of pickled flowers and leaves,
the moist method gives a longer lasting perfume, but is more difficult to do and usually less attractive. The dry method,
the one I will be showing you today is popular as it is easy and colorful results can be displayed in bowls, potpourri balls,
or used in herb pillows.
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