October 2003 Issue
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What's Inside October 2003
Features
Some Like It Hot
Fireplaces are the hearth and soul of the cottage.
Timber Frame Time Capsule
This new cottage is 150 years old.
The Cottage Moon
Moonlit: A reflection from Earth.
The Illuminated Cottager
Lunar facts and fancies about our big old mystical buddy, the moon.
The Burden of Roof
Time and weather conspire to corrupt your shingles and shakes.
Bar None
Easy scrumptious squares to satisfy cottage snackers and sweet tooths.
The Natural Garden: Part 4
Going to Seed – You've come full cycle as a native-species gardener when you grow your own wildflowers from scratch.
Departments
On the Waterfront
Scots (or not) costume party; camera nabs cottage crooks; signs welcome guests; waterspouts; the classic tablecloth; BBQ blows its lid
Puttering
Installing a freeze-proof faucet; the block plane takes off that edge; a trowel for every concrete job; the pneumatic nail gun; making a do-it-yourself saw jig; wood carrier; leaf lifter
Solutions
Any way you slice it: A portable sawmill can turn felled trees into a lumber jackpot. How to get the most out of your laid-to-rest logs.
Cottage Q&A
Mystery mouse identified; refilling cottage fire extinguishers; living with snakes at the lake; closing up the porch.
Cottage Finds
Treasure trove: Cozy chic is the prize at cottage country's Peaks & Rafters.
Politics
Fixing the election: This fall we'll have a say in how things should be run at the lake. If we can only get cottagers to the polls.
Nature Scrapbook
Workers unite! Yellow jackets labour in late summer to bring home the burgers.
Weekender
All over the map.
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