May 2019 Issue
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What's Inside May 2019
Features
The Gong Show Weekend
It may be the most cottagey party in the country, and the most kid-friendly. Here are their secrets on getting organized to make it work.
How to Handle Guests
The A to Z guide to the care and feeding of cottage guests—so they’ll have a good time, and you will too.
Grill Guide 2019: Go Epic!
Time for the meal of the summer. Skip the hot dogs, and think delicious lobster, oysters, mixed grill, and other mouth-watering dishes from Canada’s top chefs.
Emergency Cottage Fixes
Flooded road? No TP? Grandma got into the special brownies? This is a job for Captain Cottager! (That’s you.)
Departments
Waterfront
Got an odd job? Nikki’s Cottage Care can take it on; birdhouse bedrooms; grab a burger in the middle of Shuswap Lake, B.C.; Reporter; gotta-get grill tools; the killer wildlife of cottage country; electric ferries on order; beech bark disease update
Workshop
This DIY lake-shaped cheeseboard is the perfect host gift; fix a smelly sink trap; extend your outboard’s life with an in-line fuel filter; how to spalt wood; unstick a sticking wooden drawer; paddleboard storage rack invention; a superior screw
Cottage Q&A
Too many cluster flies; caterpillar ID; flooded well water; renting liability; how to measure distance over water.
Solutions
A wall tent may be the answer to your overcrowding problem.
Zim Weighs In
Guests can arrive with some pretty weird things.
The Fine Print
So you’re buying a boat. Do you have all your papers?
Style Ideas
It’s no mystery why Yannick Bisson loves his new cottage.
Nature Scrapbook
White-tailed deer have their babies in the spring.
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