Scents Of Summer

"What sort of flowers are best?" asked Alfred.

"Roses especially," replied Bubbles, "and we'll see if we can find maybe pansies, scented geraniums, violets, marigolds, dianthus, verbena or chrysanthemums. We can also use herbs like rosemary, peppermint, lemon verbena and thyme.

We'll add some spices like cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, and maybe bay leaves after the flowers and herbs have dried. We still have some dried lemon peel from Christmas, and we collected some small pine cones on one of our walks a while ago. If we can find those, we can add them in at the end too."

"That's lots of things we can look for," said Crackers. "We can probably find quite a few flowers in our garden and I think there will be lots of herbs in the herb trough. Let's start searching!"