Ray Ford, Author at Cottage Life

wooden salad bowl turned into a sink and a toilet

You’ll love this space-saving DIY toilet... setup

sleep spaces

How can I add more sleep space at the cottage?

Septic system pipes on a gravel bed

Choose the right waste-water system

repurposed cooler on deck

The clever way this cottager repurposed a leaky... cooler

The night sky in a pine forest

A cool new off-grid invention: free electricity... from the night sky

General

ATV quadbike parked at the garage after ride

Protect your ATVs and snowmobiles from theft with... these tips

Outdoors

Monarch butterflies in a tree in Michoacan, Mexico, with a blue sky background

How to help monarch butterflies survive

Outdoors

Eastern pondhawk dragonfly

Experts predict an excellent year for dragonflies

Outdoors

beechnut-and-pericarp-cover-in-foliage

A disease is affecting Canada’s mature... beech trees

Outdoors

a-man-on-a-ladder-outside

Know your ladders and when to use them

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Monarch Butterflies on tree branch in blue sky background, Michoacan, Mexico

Eastern monarch butterflies are on the rebound... after a strong winter showing

Outdoors

ash-from-wood-stove-debris

Recycling wood ash could help calcium-starved... Canadian lakes

Outdoors

a huge spinning ice disc in the freezing waters of the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine.

A gigantic spinning disc formed in Maine River... and it’s spectacular

Outdoors

Snow on the shores of Lake Erie

Climate change may bring us more lake effect snow

Outdoors

A woodstove with a fire going and firewood alongside

First woodstove? Here’s how to light a fire

Unusual, unoccupied, recycling composting public toilet, with wood shavings, fully fitted with all mod cons.. scoop, paper, seat and brush.

How to choose an alternative toilet for the... cottage

General

fire-extinguisher-wood

13 quick safety tips to prevent fires at the... cottage

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band-aid-on-child's-knee

Need-to-know cottage first aid for common kid... injuries

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