June 2004 Issue

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What's Inside June 2004

Features

  • Screen Stars

    Cottage screened porches are as diverse as the reasons for having them.

  • Play’s the Thing

    Two fanciful adults let loose at their cottage, a getaway for grown-up kids.

  • And the Bride Wore Tevas

    Everything you need to know to pull off a wedding on the water. By Steve Brearton, Jim Moodie, and Mark Schatzker.

  • Ties That Bind

    For some people, riding the rails to the cottage is the only way to go.

  • Armed, Legged, and Dangerous

    What happens when cottage-country chairs take a walk on the wild side.

  • Shield of Dreams

    Artist Ed Bartram’s rocky retreat has some surprisingly soft edges.

  • Bye-Bye Barbie

    When the old grill loses her sizzle, shop for a new flame.

  • Shake it up, Baby

    New cocktail combos for a happier hour by the lake.

Departments

  • Puttering

    ER for cottage ovens; How to defuse with a fuse puller; Disappearing screen doors; Fix up your outdoor furniture; Straightening bent boards; Zebra-mussel filter; foot washer

  • On the Waterfront

    Kawartha's ice-cream clan; a raspbeary encounter; diagnosing carpenter ants; Peterborough's Lift Lock centennial; toot-toot paper route; feeling up about water levels; blue jay birth rights

  • Pest Fest

    What to do if you see these bugs living up in your cottage trees.

  • Pest Fest

    What to do if you see these bugs living up in your cottage trees.

  • Cottage Q&A

    A rare stone fungus; white pine weevil worries; checking for highway construction delays; setting up a slalom course; what is mica?

  • Cottage Watch

    What's up north, Doc: Short 400 family physicians, cottage country is campaigning hard to lure MDs to the lake.

  • Cottage Finds

    Tray chic: Serve up summer's best in style.

  • Nature Scrapbook

    Beauty and the beast: The tiger swallowtail spawns one scary-looking kid.

  • Weekender

    The town crier.

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