May 2020 Issue
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What's Inside May 2020
Features
Beer, Bacon & Old-School Boathouses
What defines the cottage? We’ve tackled that question before. A selection of essays from past issues on the icons we cherish.
The Rescue Mission
They always got to their remote cottages by boat. Then their marina went up for sale. Here’s what happened next.
Asked & Answered
In a super-sized Cottage Q&A, we revisit the most popular queries from the last three decades
One Tart to Rule Them All
The most iconic cottage treat? A butter tart, of course. But what do you really know about them? Plus: the best recipe.
The Scars We Bear
A bear attack can change your life—in surprising ways.
Departments
Waterfront
Q&A with the loon, the crown fowl of cottage country; our most iconic CL covers; Reporter; new boathouse and dock law; names for birds; build a better burger; the foam cooler: anti-classic, then and now; is that a dinosaur?!
Workshop
The favourite tools of our puttering contributors; one trick to force a crooked plank into place; tips for keeping your trees trim and fit; how to join black poly pipe; a deck chair invention with built-in footrests
Solutions
What to do when your vehicle only holds so much? You can carry everything from firewood to mattresses in a utility trailer. The add-on you didn’t know you needed.
Zim Weighs In
No ride to the cottage? Our Zim has a few suggestions for the car-less: some unorthodox, some long out of fashion, and some downright dangerous.
Style Ideas
This environmentally conscious young family updated their charming no-chink log cabin with sustainability and modern design in mind.
Nature Scrapbook
Birds, bugs, and mammals get food and shelter from the holes pecked out by this busy chiselling woodpecker.
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