Magazine Index

Browse the comprehensive index of Garden Gate issues below, listed alphabetically by keyword. Select the beginning letter of the term you are looking for. Related issues to that topic are notated by issue number and page: 109:18 (issue 109: page 18). Click the issue and page number links to see an article summary.

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Compost and composting
- compost bins
- accelerators
  - 55:48
  - 98:47
- adding worms
  - 114:45
- advantages
  - 69:7
  - 72:26
- aerator
  - 65:4
- bypassing the pile
  - 7:5
  - 14:5
- calculating amount
  - 186:14
- cardboard
  - 132:45
  - 181:74
- coffee grounds
  - 15:39
  - 159:67
- collecting material for
  - 15:6
  - 19:6
  - 28:5
  - 40:36
  - 80:26
- color-coded buckets
  - 107:4
- community
  - 9:4
- Compost
  - 80:45
- compost tea
  - 75:45
  - 165:71
- contamination of
  - 91:45
- Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator
  - 57:45
- disease reduction in
  - 77:45
- dryer lint
  - 132:46
- drywall
  - 107:46
- Dsolv leaf bags
  - 101:44
- fall additions
  - 107:49
- fall application
  - 119:33
- food composting machine
  - 152:62
- hole
  - 28:4
- how-to
  - 157:80
- Japanese well"
  - 30:26
- keyhole garden
  - 137:44
- leaf mold
  - 107:24
- location
  - 102:46
- Lowenfels on
  - 89:6
- McGrath on
  - 125:8
- method to suit your style
  - 104:26
- mice in
  - 135:46
- money-saving tip
  - 174:43
- mulching with
  - 125:63
- municipal
  - 49:41
- nut shells
  - 85:46
- overwintering plants in
  - 12:6
- paper
  - 37:5
- plastic bags
  - 67:4
- potting soil
  - 54:41
  - 112:46
- preventing raccoons in
  - 155:60
- producing and using
  - 4:6
  - 150:37
- purchasing
  - 80:27
- roses and
  - 2:29
- rotating bins
  - 173:45
- sawdust
  - 49:41
- shower curtain drop-cloth
  - 23:5
  - 90:4
- side dressing with
  - 113:26
- sifters
  - 26:6
  - 94:4
  - 179:9
- soil amendment
  - 78:26
  - 150:37
- speeding up
  - 79:27
  - 80:27
- spruce needles
  - 114:44
- step-by-step
  - 21:30
- store-bought
  - 157:50
- sunflower hulls
  - 36:38
- tea
  - 89:6
- temperature
  - 44:38
- test your knowledge
  - 160:36
- turner
  - 140:50
- turning
  - 23:4
- vermicomposting
  - 44:6
- versus peat moss
  - 50:40
- walnut leaves
  - 59:46
- water contamination and
  - 4:29
- weeds in
  - 24:40
- wetting
  - 33:4
- what not to
  - 75:46
  - 157:80
  - 160:37
  - 160:38
- winter protection
  - 72:48
- wood ash
  - 127:46
Compost bins
- barrels
  - 8:6
  - 17:6
- comparing
  - 21:32
- covering in winter
  - 137:47
- dressing up
  - 30:26
- Luma™ Food Waste Composter
  - 181:77
- screening
  - 12:38
- straw bale
  - 53:4
- three simple plans
  - 21:33
- tumblers
  - 80:27
- vermicomposter
  - 44:6
- wood and mesh panel
  - 4:8
  - 40:36
Compost crock filters
- 109:4
Computer-aided garden design
- 3D Home Landscape
  - 56:26
- 3D Landscape
  - 7:40
- 5-in 1 Home Design
  - 56:26
- Complete LandDesigner
  - 22:6
- Complete Landscape Designer Deluxe
  - 22:6
- FLOWERscape™
  - 56:26
- Instant Landscaping
  - 56:26
- Land Designer
  - 56:26
- LandDesigner
  - 7:40
- Landscape Deluxe
  - 56:26
- latest software
  - 12:28
- Planix Photo Landscape
  - 22:6
- Suntory® Virtual Combo Design
  - 109:45
Concrete
- bags of
  - 168:16
- bench
  - 168:17
- containers
  - 141:6
- edging
  - 17:35
- etching and staining
  - 124:57
- Pathmate template
  - 13:7
- pathways
  - 11:26
- patios
  - 91:31
- raised bed
  - 168:16
- stain for
  - 15:7
  - 30:28
- stairs
  - 51:35
Coneflower
- Echinacea
- Rudbeckia
Coneflower, prairie
- Southwest bird garden
  - 90:11
- top pick for butterflies
  - 119:13
Coneflower, purple
- Echinacea
Conifers
- anchor plants
  - 34:13
- Bloom on
  - 55:6
- boxwood blight
  - 133:33
- branches for protection
  - 167:44
- cedar-apple rust
  - 133:32
- cold damage
  - 122:50
- cytospora canker
  - 133:33
- definition of
  - 96:46
- design tip from pro
  - 175:20
- Designing with Conifers
  - 107:45
- dwarf gold
  - 37:30
- establishing leader
  - 161:67
- euonymus scale
  - 133:32
- funnel weaver spider webs
  - 178:68
- Gardening with Conifers
  - 55:7
- holding branches back
  - 66:5
- ice storm effects
  - 152:59
- mulching with
  - 180:74
- pinching
  - 73:24
- pruning
  - 13:38
  - 19:39
  - 72:28
- salt damage
  - 103:47
- triangular
  - 88:37
- Tuttle on
  - 145:8
- undercutting low-growing
  - 96:11
- watering
  - 167:46
- well-behaved
  - 105:27
- winter appeal of
  - 96:31
- winter protection
  - 113:26
Conoclinium
- coelestinum (mistflower)
  - top pick fall bloomer
    - 125:16
Consolida
- ajacis (larkspur)
  - delphinium vs.
    - 176:43
  - make color work for you
    - 87:36
  - North
    - 147:18
  - plant profile
    - 28:13
  - top picks
- ambigua (larkspur)
  - vertical accent
    - 39:31
- regalis (larkspur)
  - sunny path
    - 88:11
Container "feet"
- bricks
  - 27:6
  - 55:4
- cat food cans
  - 128:4
- corks
  - 91:4
- decorative tiles
  - 148:8
- homemade molded
  - 85:4
- juice lids
  - 140:4
- molds
  - 79:44
- Rainrock glass
  - 59:44
- shipping spacers
  - 134:5
- stove burner grates
  - 50:4
- tiny clay pots
  - 66:4
Container gardens
- a dime
  - 105:25
- back yard retreats
  - 131:60
- Baggett on
  - 68:6
- basics
  - 27:26
  - 99:42
- baskets
  - 127:4
- big impact
  - 3:14
- books about
  - Container Gardening
    - 61:44
  - Container Theme Gardens
    - 130:50
  - Containers Made Easy
    - 147:65
  - Continuous Container Gardens
    - 125:50
  - Ground Force Container Gardening
    - 56:47
  - P. Allen Smith's Container Gardens
    - 73:45
  - The Encyclopedia of Container Plants
    - 99:44
- borders
  - 56:32
- centerpieces
  - 145:58
- color focus in shade garden
  - 100:35
- critters
  - 159:79
- decks
  - 105:30
- design
  - 117:42
  - 123:52
  - 132:58
- early spring
  - 103:4
- entries
  - 75:26
- filler
  - 39:12
  - 73:11
- florist's foam in
  - 120:46
- focal plant
  - 85:28
- front-step sizzle
  - 101:37
- groupings
  - 123:56
- hayrack design
  - 171:14
- height
  - 123:56
- herbs
  - 9:15
  - 27:40
- hydrangea in
  - 159:14
- insect and disease
  - 159:78
- Jacobson on
  - 111:7
- maintenance
  - 88:42
- money-saving tip
  - 174:39
- multiseason
  - 180:20
- overwintering
  - 137:6
- patio
  - 132:57
- perennial beds
  - 56:32
- perennials
  - 69:30
- pool plantings
  - 77:38
- raised
  - 100:7
  - 109:5
- refresh for fall
  - 161:16
- rehydrating
  - 52:5
  - 54:5
- reliability of tag info
  - 98:42
- removing big plants from
  - 95:48
- root pruning
  - 128:45
- shade
  - 169:76
- shrubs in
  - 72:30
- side yard
  - 8:34
  - 63:34
- star bloomers for
  - 116:52
- star foliage plants for
  - 116:56
- succulents
  - 159:40
- Suntory® Virtual Combo Design
  - 109:45
- tiny gardens
  - 23:12
- top pick plants for
  - 135:12
- tough plants
  - 99:27
- trees in
  - 72:30
  - 101:46
  - 171:66
- troubleshooting
  - 159:78
- twenty-six26 hacks for
  - 159:38
- vegetables
  - 25:38
  - 159:38
- vertical
  - 138:4
- water gardens
  - 8:13
- we age
  - 109:9
- winter
  - 126:10
- winter porch pot
  - 185:14
Container plans
- garden plans
- annual/perennial mix
  - 57:41
  - 58:41
  - 146:10
- annuals
  - 55:43
  - 56:43
  - 60:43
- Baggett on designing
  - 68:6
- basket of flowers
  - 87:43
- beautiful box
  - 109:9
- begonia centerpiece
  - 64:43
- bird-cage beauties
  - 67:43
- birds and butterflies
  - 152:80
- bloom like crazy
  - 99:43
- bloom times
  - 147:13
- blue mood
  - 39:18
- bog in a bowl
  - 61:43
- borders
  - 103:43
- bountiful basket
  - 63:43
- bright-colored
  - 80:43
  - 147:13
- bulbs
  - 62:43
  - 65:48
- burgundy, plum, blue
  - 122:37
- bursting with blooms
  - 100:43
- butterflies
  - 69:43
  - 94:43
  - 135:55
  - 152:80
- carnival of color
  - 119:45
- casual
  - 116:61
  - 116:67
- cheerful cottage charmer
  - 147:12
- classic terra-cotta
  - 109:9
- classy shade combo
  - 93:33
- climbers in
  - 39:20
- colander
  - 109:43
- colorful
  - 3:16
  - 39:21
  - 92:39
  - 110:43
- colorful basket
  - 139:7
- colorful standard
  - 141:59
- coneflowers
  - 147:13
- container gardens
  - yellow
    - 74:43
- contrast
  - 127:60
- contrasting flower shapes
  - 135:55
- cool idea
  - 141:62
- cool-weather color
  - 85:30
  - 120:45
- cool-weather combos
  - 162:10
- dark and dramatic
  - 79:43
- deck barrier
  - 109:41
- deck-rail
  - 101:11
- easy-care
  - 123:45
- economical
  - 102:42
- edibles
  - 9:14
  - 27:31
  - 38:9
- Editor's Choice
  - 81:29
- fall
  - abundance of autumn
    - 161:62
  - autumn masterpiece
    - 97:43
  - autumn spice
    - 149:16
  - bright fall
    - 141:66
  - cool and classic
    - 77:26
  - cool-weather color
    - 161:64
  - flowery fall
    - 95:43
  - industrial flair
    - 161:65
  - mass of mums
    - 161:64
  - no-fail combos
    - 173:13
  - pink
    - 125:7
  - purple
    - 107:42
  - signs of autumn
    - 107:43
  - subtle beauty
    - 125:6
  - textural
    - 125:40
  - warm and wonderful
    - 77:27
  - warm glow
    - 107:43
- focal point
  - 92:34
- foliage
  - 27:28
  - extravaganza
    - 68:43
  - fantastic
    - 111:42
  - fine
    - 135:59
  - flashy
    - 97:21
  - ornamental grasses
    - 27:30
- formal
  - 19:41
  - 27:29
  - 116:67
- fragrant
  - 3:16
  - 39:19
  - 104:43
- front-step sizzle
  - 101:37
- gaps
  - 92:36
- gold
  - 83:43
  - 101:43
- grouping
  - 92:38
- hang a bucket
  - 109:42
- hanging baskets
  - basket columns
    - 99:44
  - basket of flowers
    - 99:17
  - bright and cool
    - 116:63
  - build a better
    - 152:33
  - color show
    - 135:65
  - cool pastels
    - 135:63
  - designing with
    - 166:78
  - edibles
    - 135:64
  - flower power
    - 135:63
  - forest of green
    - 33:29
  - heavenly blue
    - 33:27
  - high and low
    - 33:28
  - hot pink for cool shade
    - 33:27
  - no-fail plants
    - 152:34
  - spring charm
    - 135:61
  - summer spillover
    - 33:26
  - sweeping color
    - 33:28
  - trailing
    - 97:19
- heat-loving
  - 56:43
- herbs
  - 145:26
- holiday
  - 84:43
  - 90:43
- instant impact
  - 128:56
- Jack O'Planter
  - 71:43
- Japanese
  - 27:30
- kitchen basket
  - 85:24
- low-maintenance
  - 126:19
  - 134:35
- midsummer revival
  - 106:42
- miniature "tundra"
  - 65:43
- mixed trough
  - 27:30
  - 39:18
- obelisks
  - 97:20
- one-plant wonder
  - 129:6
- orange accent
  - 88:43
- ornamental grasses
  - 88:6
- out of the ordinary container
  - 128:56
- pansies
  - 96:42
- patio
  - 3:16
  - 19:41
- perennials
  - 129:8
- pinching
  - 98:42
- pink
  - 75:43
- pizzazz
  - 85:31
- pollinator pleaser
  - 147:13
- purples
  - 107:42
  - 111:43
- purses
  - 109:43
- quick standard
  - 112:43
- Reader Container Challenges
  - 171:54
  - 177:56
  - 182:74
  - 186:72
- readers' best
  - 87:31
- readers' favorites
  - 81:28
- reds
  - 39:17
  - 104:43
  - 108:42
  - 149:18
- rum punch
  - 116:65
- shade
  - annuals
    - 27:30
  - blushed beauty
    - 128:63
  - casual charm
    - 128:65
  - centerpiece
    - 128:64
  - cool color palette
    - 147:10
  - four4 recipes
    - 159:74
  - grand entrance
    - 123:65
    - 128:62
  - itty-bitty rainforest
    - 128:65
  - low maintenance
    - 93:35
  - pink
    - 81:30
  - spikes and mounds
    - 3:16
  - stars
    - 153:68
  - tropical flair
    - 128:61
  - wine and roses
    - 128:67
- simple and stunning
  - 116:59
- snappy comeback
  - 76:43
- spring
  - brilliance
    - 110:42
  - buttercups and ivy
    - 97:42
  - color explosion
    - 110:43
  - cool weather
    - 176:14
  - fire up the flowers
    - 146:10
  - four-season structure
    - 170:14
  - fragrant
    - 104:43
  - greeting
    - 85:25
  - instant
    - 115:45
  - kitchen basket
    - 85:24
  - no-fail combos
    - 170:12
    - 176:14
  - pansies
    - 102:15
  - petite pastel palette
    - 170:14
  - play with purple
    - 128:54
  - pretty and edible
    - 128:24
  - pretty and petite
    - 146:13
  - sophisticated red
    - 104:43
  - spires
    - 104:42
  - sprightly
    - 125:41
  - subtle
    - 116:65
  - sweet couple
    - 129:7
  - welcome
    - 122:45
- spring into summer
  - 116:66
- steps
  - 92:35
- strawberry pot
  - 39:21
- striking standout
  - 111:43
- succulents
  - 18:29
  - 54:19
  - 59:41
  - 97:20
  - 101:43
  - 153:76
- summer
  - 66:43
  - 79:24
  - 97:43
  - 111:6
  - 125:41
  - no-fail combos
    - 177:10
- sun
  - 159:70
  - annuals
    - 27:28
  - best
    - 81:29
    - 93:34
  - bouquet
    - 123:63
  - crisp and cool
    - 123:61
  - four4 recipes
    - 159:70
  - hot and sunny
    - 92:37
  - house plant vacation
    - 123:62
  - porch showpiece
    - 72:43
  - showoffs
    - 153:72
  - simple yet striking
    - 123:63
  - sizzler
    - 86:43
  - spring into summer
    - 123:60
  - tropical radiance
    - 129:8
  - warm sunshine
    - 89:43
- super bowl
  - 85:43
- tabletop
  - 101:42
  - 135:53
  - 139:7
  - 146:13
- tall
  - 135:54
- tall and triangular
  - 141:57
- texture
  - 57:41
  - 116:60
- texture-filled combo
  - 121:45
- three's company
  - 141:55
- three-season
  - 27:28
  - 102:14
- topiary standard
  - 135:56
- tropical
  - big, bright, bold
    - 77:39
  - fantasy island
    - 135:59
  - flair
    - 82:43
  - textures
    - 27:29
  - twist
    - 141:64
- trough planter
  - 123:37
  - 149:19
- twelve12 must-see
  - 153:67
- understated classic
  - 135:52
- urns
  - 55:43
  - 97:19
- vase basics
  - 93:23
- vertical impact
  - 70:43
  - 112:42
- vivid color in cool shade
  - 117:45
- warm glow
  - 107:43
- water gardens
  - 46:30
- whimsical
  - 81:30
  - 93:35
- white
  - 93:32
- winter
  - 79:24
  - 102:15
  - 121:36
  - 125:40