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April / May 1999

The Natural Gallery of Canada 

by Charles Long

Long before their paintings went on national display, the Group of Seven's powerful northern vision covered the walls of an island cottage.

The Happy Slacker 

by Charles Wilkins

A cottage rebel avoids opening-up insanity with his policy of "Max Relax."

Pressed for Time 

by Carol-Anne Campbell

Here's a project that puts the squeeze on cottage plants - and keeps them beautiful all year long.

The Dirty Dozen 

by Keltie Thomas

They're wild, they're tough, and they're taking over the natural world Meet cottage country's 12 "most unwanted" invading species.

  • Recipe contest winners 
  • Window fixups 
  • The art of a lure 
  • Generator basics 
  • Loon-nesting platforms 
  • Jeffreys and Olmstead lakes real estate 
  • Cottage games 
  • Four-petal trilliums 
  • Peat in privies 
  • Pump problems

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