October 2008

Drop-Off Zone

By Leslie Young

Create a multi-function storage space in an underused area of your cottage.

The White House

By Gwen Smith

Vintage finds, a touch of whimsy, and a truck full of paint make for a simply stylish retreat.

Happy Trails

By Ray Ford

How a well-planned path takes you from here to there quickly, safely, and treading lightly.

Secrets of Presqu’ile

By Kim Pittaway

Smugglers, squatters, and shipwrecks: The MacKenzie clan has seen it all in six generations on Lake Ontario.

Flip It, Fold It, Wrap It, Stack It

By Jane Rodmell

The pancake isn’t just for breakfast anymore—from basics to crepes to clafouti and more.

Puttering

Saturday Project: Games table. Download the template for this project.
Real Tools: Manual log splitter
Go Green: Household heating
Hit List: Ladder safety
Stuff We Like: Combination bolt lock
DIY Weekend: Shore shrub-staking
Indispensable: Native plants
Great Inventions: Oil-tank trailer; dinner board

Also in this issue:

On the Waterfront
My favourite trophy wall; Have sailing school, will travel; Don’t Ask Zim!; Army bar-cart builders; Goats on the roof; Sanctuary bunkie; Animal groups; Reporter; The eco-shed; Our six-word cottage memoir contest.

Cottage Watch

By Christine Langlois

You’ll be getting your updated property assessment any day now. Don’t panic. Here’s how to handle it.

Solutions

By Ray Ford

It sneaks in quietly, invisibly, imperceptibly. The cottage hazard you can’t detect and the essential device that can.

Cottage Q&A

By Christine Langlois

Burning garbage; defibrillators; air intake for woodstoves; deer deformity; ice scours.

Nature Scrapbook

By Tim Tiner

Travellin’ blues: The jays are movin’ on.

Weekender

By Graham Roumieu

Lesser-known cottage-closing traditions.