Garden Gate – October 2019

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throughout the issue and

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WHAT I’VE LEARNED...

I don’t have a fancy light setup to start

tomato seeds. I start mine in flats in the

brightest window I have. When the tomatoes

get leggy, I transplant them into plastic

cups. Since they can be planted deeply, the

legginess doesn’t matter. My latest discovery

is using clear cups. You can see the roots and

know when it’s time to transplant.

A pop-up trash can is a great garden tool.

On a reader’s advice, I bought one and use it

when I have a bunch of weeds to pull. It cleans

out easily and is so simple to store.

Heirloom tomatoes are real showstoppers

on a caprese platter. Growing up, I never

liked tomatoes but now that I grow my own, I

totally get it. You just can’t beat the taste of a

fresh, warm tomato. ‘Cherokee Purple’ is one

of my favorites.

{meet} (^) KATIE MEYER
Senior Graphic Designer (and sometimes photo
model... see her topiary skills on page 10!)
DEADLINE:
October 15 TH
2019
READER
GARDEN
Award
GUIDELINES: Only amateur gardeners are eligible for awards;
participants cannot earn their living from gardening, landscaping
or interior design. Gardens that have received other national
gardening honors or awards or have been featured in a national
magazine are ineligible. Please retain an original copy of your
complete entry for your records; materials will not be returned.
Images from entries may be shared online.
DEADLINE: Submissions must be received by October 15th,

2019. Award winners will be selected by Garden Gate editors to
      be featured in a future issue.

WHAT TO SEND: Send us your name, address, email and

telephone number, as well as color photographs, printouts or

digital photos of your garden, a rough landscape plan, and a

brief description of your garden or garden room. Please limit the

number of images to 20, and show us the whole garden — no

closeups of flowers.

Enter your own garden for a chance

to be photographed and featured in a

future issue of Garden Gate magazine!

Open to U.S. and Canadian residents

MAIL:

Reader Garden Award

Garden Gate Magazine

2143 Grand Avenue,

Des Moines, IA 50312

EMAIL:

Email your information and

a link to your images in cloud

storage (Dropbox, Google

Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive,

etc.) to ReaderGarden@

aimmedia.com

INSTAGRAM:

Submit photos of your garden using the hashtag:

#ggmagReaderGarden

How To Enter:

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GardenGateMagazine.com | GARDEN GATE 7

Keep aneyeoutforthisicon

throughout the issue and

check out GGMagExtra.com

for expanded articles online.

GGMAGEXTRA.com

WHAT I’VE LEARNED...

I don’t have a fancy light setup to start

tomato seeds. I start mine in flats in the

brightest window I have. When the tomatoes

get leggy, I transplant them into plastic

cups. Since they can be planted deeply, the

legginess doesn’t matter. My latest discovery

is using clear cups. You can see the roots and

know when it’s time to transplant.

A pop-up trash can is a great garden tool.

On a reader’s advice, I bought one and use it

when I have a bunch of weeds to pull. It cleans

out easily and is so simple to store.

Heirloom tomatoes are real showstoppers

on a caprese platter. Growing up, I never

liked tomatoes but now that I grow my own, I

totally get it. You just can’t beat the taste of a

fresh, warm tomato. ‘Cherokee Purple’ is one

of my favorites.

{meet} (^) KATIE MEYER
Senior Graphic Designer (and sometimes photo
model... see her topiary skills on page 10!)
DEADLINE:
October 15 TH
2019
READER
GARD
Award
GUIDELINES: Only amateur gardeners are eligible for awards;
participants cannot earn their living from gardening, landscaping
or interior design. Gardens that have received other national
gardening honors or awards or have been featured in a national
magazine are ineligible. Please retain an original copy of your
complete entry for your records; materials will not be returned.
Images from entries may be shared online.
DEADLINE: Submissions must be received by October 15th,

2019. Award winners will be selected by Garden Gate editors to
      be featured in a future issue.

WHAT TO SEND: Send us your name, address, email and

telephone number, as well as color photographs, printouts or

digital photos of your garden, a rough landscape plan, and a

brief description of your garden or garden room. Please limit the

number of images to 20, and show us the whole garden — no

closeups of flowers.

Enter your own garden for a chance

to be photographed and featured in a

future issue of Garden Gate magazine!

Open to U.S. and Canadian residents

MAIL:

Reader Garden Award

Garden Gate Magazine

2143 Grand Avenue,

Des Moines, IA 50312

EMAIL:

Email your information and

a link to your images in cloud

storage (Dropbox, Google

Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive,

etc.) to ReaderGarden@

aimmedia.com

INSTAGRAM:

Submit photos of your garden using the hashtag:

#ggmagReaderGarden

How To Enter: