May 2004 Issue
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What's Inside May 2004
Features
Out of the Box
A 1940s bungalow is transformed when an unconventional cottager pulls down the walls.
Taste Buds
The top dishes from our 10th Annual Recipe Contest – guaranteed to win friends.
If We Had All Been Lakes
Celebrated author, lauded poet, notorious family prankster – Michael Redhill draws on the cottage landscape as a backdrop for his art.
Crib Notes
What do to with that bashed-up, rotted-out box of rocks below the dock.
Masters of Disguise
Can your eye spy these cottage-country disappearing acts?
Cut to the Chaise
When it's time to put your feet up, look no further than the versatile lounger.
Departments
Cottage Life Boating
Fishing Boats; Confessions of a rookie sailor; Set up a sailing race course; Cruising with the OPP; What's new in outboards; Wakeboard gear
On the Waterfront
A real-live paper doll; webcam captures waterfront; the Patio Pal; tall trees tragedy; Manitou salmon on the run; classic cottage key chain; toxic toads
Puttering
Fixing crumbly pointing; A smashing good sledgehammer; Medullary rays in lumber; A room divided out of doors; Tight rope trick; Gangplank; canoe caddy
Cottage Q&A
Grasshoppers in the garden; finding a buried septic tank; dock bumpers for odd corners; defining an island; de-alcoholized beer - is it A-ok on the water?
Cottage Finds
The latest outdoor fabrics face the elements in style.
Environment
Core of the matter: Sediment science plumbs a lake's bottom for clues to what's happening on top.
Real Estate
Lots on the block: How to get your hands on cheap cottage land - bargain hunting at tax sales.
Nature Scrapbook
The pelican brief: A short story on our biggest bird.
Weekender
The bald truth.
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