Have you included herbs in your landscaping this year? And if so, have they already produced seed? If the answers are yes and yes, you can still derive further use out of them if you learn how to dry herbs. Besides being attractive in landscaping, many herbs, once harvested and dried, can be used for culinary, medicinal or decorative purposes. Amy Jeanroy, About's Guide to Herb Gardens, explains how to dry herbs in this article.

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Considering a Labor Day garden party to bid farewell to summer? Make use of these party planning tips from About's Entertaining expert, Donna Pilato, and be sure to check out the recipes Donna provides for scrumptious garden party snacks! Or maybe you'd rather kick back and enjoy a quiet labor day in your favorite outdoor living space, acknowledging the first hints of fall foliage while savoring Kelsey Martin's delectable pasta salad or one of the other Labor Day recipes from the chefs at CookEatShare.

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Why would anyone want a folding garden cart, when they could have a sturdy metal wheelbarrow, instead? Well if storage space in the garage and/or storage shed isn't an issue for some people, maybe they wouldn't. But let's let them in on a little secret: the rest of us envy them -- they are in a distinct minority! And folding garden carts can help the rest of us gain some valuable elbow room.

Do you have a storage shed, for example, where a little of this and a lot of that are piled willy-nilly on top of each other? If the owners of such an overcrowded shed were to commission me to create a sign to hang over their shed door, I'd have it emblazoned with the words, "You Never Know." Why? Because when questioned about their clutter, such pack rats often retort that, oh well, you just never know when you're going to need this or that item.

But owning something is one thing, and finding it is another. If "you never know" when you'll be able to find what you need when you need it, then you have some serious storage issues. Eliminating some of your "space hogs" is one way to make some headway in solving the problem. Enter folding garden carts, which take up less space than metal wheelbarrows.

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Although "tulip trees" are so called from the appearance of their flowers, it is their leaves that I find to be of greatest interest. Tulip trees (also nicknamed, "yellow poplars") offer a fall foliage that ranges from yellow to gold. But the unique leaf-shape is easily recognized throughout the growing season: the concavity at the tips of the leaves (or where one would expect a typical tip) suggests that someone came along and took a bite out of them!

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