Aug/Sept 2021 Issue
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What's Inside Aug/Sept 2021
Features
May Island Magic
Among the fancy cottages of Lake Rosseau lies this charmer, home to a delightful collection of treasures and the king of puttering.
A Cottage for Every Body
Making your cottage more accessible to people with disabilities or the elderly is easier than you might think.
Cold Comfort
The days are hot and the snacks are cold: four refreshing ice pop recipes to help both kids and adults chill out.
They Are More Afraid of You
Is there a more misunderstood cottage creature than the snake? Read our ID guide to “scary” serpents and you’ll fear no more.
A Snake in the Grass
For this new cottage owner, learning to live with the resident rattlers was the easy part.
Departments
Waterfront
Attack of the alien invaders!; invasives list update; red fox spotting tips; group efforts for fire prevention; Plaunt cottage— where are they now? Seven flavour bombs from Bob Blumer; Reporter; buying a cottage sight unseen
Workshop
How to rewire an old lamp; keep rot away from your outhouse; step-by-step guide for replacing a toilet; Real tool: track saws; the difference between rails and stiles; feed birds, not bears with our latest reader project
Cottage Q&A
Aspens vs. yellow-bellied sapsuckers; antibacterial soap vs. your septic system; how to turn your RRSP into a cottage; mystery white marks on the basement floor; using straw bales as cabin skirting
Legacy
Blueberries are the summertime blues that need no cure. Celebrating the sweetest little fruit of the season. Plus: a classic recipe for blueberry-peach crisp.
Zim Weighs In
A familiar foe, the cousin who doesn’t pitch in, presents a tricky challenge to cottage sharers.
Style Ideas
These two trailers are an affordable—and surprisingly chic—take on the cottage bunkie.
Nature Scrapbook
The eastern red-backed salamander is all around you at the lake, but you’ve probably never seen it.
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