June/July 2024 Issue
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What's Inside June/July 2024
Features
Mr. Webster's Wonder Emporium
There’s nothing accidental about this ramshackle, upcycled cabin.
Bugs You Can't See
How itty-bitty critters play a huge role in the cottage-country ecosystem.
In Praise of Small Pleasures
There are a million reasons to love the lake. Here are five of them.
Drip, Drip, Drip?
Don’t panic: how to fix tiny, common leaks before they spell big, big trouble.
Just a Little Somethin’ Somethin’
Quick and delicious happy hour bites for the beach, dock, or deck.
Departments
Waterfront
Meet Canada’s smallest avian family; how to help update the latest Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas; a Wabamun Lake, Alta., shoreline restoration project; Tall Pines festival is back; Reporter; here come the spiders; cookbooks based on board games?; flashlights for your shoes; this cottage purchase was a sister act
Workshop
Online DIY coaching; dealing with tiny screws; sawdust control tips; quick fixes for faulty switches; five cool tools for magnification; how to replace a motor shaft bearing; why you need a gear puller
Cottage Q&A
Gutters with a flat roof; cottage burial options; lead-free fishing bait; what kind of arachnid is this?; owls and mouse poison
Forces for Nature
Maintaining your woodlot has a whole bevy of benefits.
Style Ideas
This clever couple built up so they could look out.
Nature Scrapbook
It’s the male pumpkinseed sunfish who builds a nest and tends to the babies.
Cottage Glossary
The one water activity that’s acceptable before a.m. coffee.
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