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October 1998

Grand Slam! 

by Charles Long

Let in the light and keep out the bugs with a classic cottage screen door.

Flour Power 

by Paul Rush

Pies set and scones rise at Don's Bakery in Bala. Come and mix with the folks behind this cottage-country institution.

Four on the Shore 

by Max Burns

A quartet of dandy dock discoveries to make life by the water a little easier.

Green Giants 

by Keltie Thomas

Meet the trees that bring life to the landscape long after their colourful colleagues have quit for the season. An I.D. guide to cottage conifers.

  • Cellular phone towers 
  • Squirrel squatters 
  • Rental realities 
  • Propane gas master 
  • Wanapitei Lake real estate 
  • GFCI outlets 
  • A Rideau Lakes novel