May 2025 Issue
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What's Inside May 2025
Features
Employees of the Month
These 12 critters are some of the hardest workers in the nature biz.
Tour of Duty
Our playground is their office. Meet the pros of cottage country.
A Court of Poison Ivy and Acorns
At the Helliwell cottage, pickleball is serving up hours of fun. Here’s how you can get in on the action.
Cottagers Everywhere Are Furious!
Your resident grill master has lied to you—making a barbecue feast ain’t work, it’s fun.
Departments
Workshop
ATVs vs. UTVs; heavy-duty sewing tool; better receptacle covers; fix busted zippers; repurpose silica gel packs; tips for great grouting
Waterfront
Cottagey games for the cupboard; Reporter; cast away your other firestarters; why we need more wildlife overpasses; an annual weekend that sews this group together; A technicolour bug; who wore it better; new cottage cookbook
Forces for Nature
Getting buy-in on issues at the lake is hard. But you can shift the conversation.
Style Ideas
This Georgian Bay gem is a gathering place and an office with a view.
Boating
Six things to consider before buying a centre-console boat.
Cottage Q&A
Salt for cooking; bird-window collision solution; extra rental insurance; a grill that won’t light; claiming separate principal residences
Nature Scrapbook
The hoary elfin is one of our smallest butterflies, but it’s also one of the bravest.
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