Sept/Oct 2023 Issue
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What's Inside Sept/Oct 2023
Features
In Search of Life Below
Foraging for mushrooms is like uncovering thousands of secrets in the soil. Our field guide to the extraordinary world of fungi.
Sunny Side Up
Got a dark cavern of a cottage? A skylight may be the solution.
Big Family Project
These parents let their teens take the lead on a fishing camp reno. Here’s how they demoed and reno’d four cabins.
Right Here, Waiting
The only thing that soothes the ache of closing up is the promise of spring.
Departments
Waterfront
Highways vs. turtles; Reporter; road signs we’d like to see; waterfowl awards; community garden; fishing derby for kids; wild mushroom recipe; how a simple letter closed a cottage sale
Workshop
Build this tabletop hockey game; how to sharpen blender blades; maintenance-free skylights; how much weight can your ceiling joists take?; A blanket for the septic; roof de-icing tech; fixes for problem pilot light
Cottage Q&A
Can I drink my lake water?; trapdoor snails; what bit my raft?; how to clean stained boat seats; emptying a bird box
Zim Weighs In
Borrowing the cottage from a friend? That can lead to an etiquette minefield—not to mention a whole mess of trouble
Style Ideas
Far removed from a rickety, childhood treehouse, this family’s contemporary cabin is modern, stylish, and—perhaps most importantly—kind to the forest
Nature Scrapbook
When October rolls around, the largetooth aspen and its golden-hued, jagged-edged leaves outshine the other trees in the woods
Cottage Glossary
Do you know this charming name for the cutest little boat on the lake?
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