Early Summer 2016 Issue
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What's Inside Early Summer 2016
Features
We, the Beachers
The Koesters go back six generations at Lumsden Beach, Sask., and they’ve come a long way from their Methodist beginnings.
The Lotion Commotion
Confused about sunscreen? Here’s what you really need to know to keep your family safe this summer.
Learning Curves
Sometimes it’s easier to build multiple cottages at the same time. Four unique Manitoba cabins—and the man who made them.
The Kitty Contingent
Cottaging isn’t just for dogs. Let’s all celebrate our boat-riding, canoe-tripping, nature-loving, mouse-banishing feline companions.
Departments
TrueWest
Learn to wakesurf; reporter; first aid tips for parents; get to know Greig Lake, Sask.; The Great Canadian Egg Toss; are bugs’ ears really cute? Are loons crazy? We’ll be the judge of that.
Workshop
Whittle a walking stick; tie a rope handle; a patriotic dock invention; a tip for hooking up a trailer; sliding barn doors; sonotube trick; how to install a zipline; upgrades for your fluorescent lights.
Cottage Feast
Easy, ready-to-travel salads; boil an egg the right way; delicious pepper stout beef; how to use up your leftover chipotle; sexy Italian cocktails; Chinese green onion pocket appetizer.
Editor's Note
How to spoil a cat: take kitty to the cabin with you!
Your Letters
Mail from our readers.
Cottage Q&A
Noisy neighbours, smelly water, building permits, principal residence, dead tadpoles.
Cottage Watch
Lyme disease is spreading. How to protect yourself and your family.
In Like Zim
Something is bugging Zim. Oh, yeah: it’s the bugs.
Style Ideas
Brush up on your painting skills before your next DIY project: you really can paint almost anything.
Nature Scrapbook
The female black widow spider is venomous—and a tender mother.
Weekender
Photos from our readers.
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