Spring 2015 Issue
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What's Inside Spring 2015
Features
What's the Deal?
This year's market has some surprising trends. Here's how to get a bargain by making them work for you.
Some Like It Hot
These nine western cottage areas are the envy of Canada with more sun, less rain, and higher summer temperatures.
The Lake that Wouldn't Be
Here's the story of a disappearing prairie watering hole and the cottagers who love it, even when it's gone.
Attack of the Garden Ninjas
Protect your plants from marauding deer with these clever tips, tricks, and products.
Departments
TrueWest
Get to know Bamfield, B.C.; artisan canoe cabinets; creepy-crawly trivia; cottage repair unearths a family treasure; lake jelly invasion; 2015 stargazing guide; caption contest winner; Victoria beer benefits charities; safe boating awards
Cottage Feast
Coleslaw reinvented; recipes for Buffalo wing, Thai, and Carolina red slaw; jazz up your burgers; best steaks: single- or multi-flip grilling; pickle juice cocktails
Cottage Workshop
Sump-pump maintenance; real wood wall strips; simple drain de-clogger; how to mark the centre of any board; wine cork dartboard; small engine fuel system fixes; use wire strippers to cut bolts or screws
Editor's Note
Buck vs. The Editor: a contest of wills in the garden.
Letters
Cottage Q&A
Tornado safety; mothball odours; do chipmunks really eat mice?
Cottage Watch
Neonicotinoids: farmer's friend or eco-enemy?
Cabin Pressure
Designing duo Colin and Justin make room for guests at their new fixer-upper.
Nature Scrapbook
Majestic wild bison are making a comeback in Western Canada.
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