September/October 2003

Some Like It Hot

By Judy Ross

Fireplaces are the hearth and soul of the cottage

Timber Frame Time Capsule

By Craille Maguire Gillies

This new cottage is 150 years old.

The Cottage Moon

By Charles Wilkins

Moonlit: A reflection from Earth

The Illuminated Cottager

By Patricia Maitland

Lunar facts and fancies about our big old mystical buddy, the moon.

The Burden of Roof

By Charles Long

Time and weather conspire to corrupt your shingles and shakes.
How to make a watertight case against them.

Bar None

By Jill Snider

Easy scrumptious squares to satisfy cottage snackers and sweet tooths.

The Natural Garden: Part 4

By Lorraine Johnson

Going to Seed – You've come full cycle as a native-species gardener when you grow your own wildflowers from scratch.

Puttering

Task Master: Installing a freeze-proof faucet
Real Tools: The block plane takes off that edge
Materials: A trowel for every concrete job
In the Works: The pneumatic nail gun
Job Jar: Making a do-it-yourself saw jig
Great Inventions: Wood carrier; leaf lifter

Also in this issue:

On the Waterfront
Solutions
Cottage Q&A
Cottage Finds
Politics
Nature Scrapbook
Weekender