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Stuff We Like: A device that will reduce your toilet paper usage (and save your septic!)

A frying pan full of side bacon resting on a trivet

Do this, not that: How to use bacon grease

General

Cottage Q&A: Should I put copper sulphate in my septic tank?

Septic blanket laying on the ground

This clever product is an easy way to protect your septic from frost

Cottage Q&A: What are the best septic-safe cleaning products to use?

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A hand disconnecting a garden hose from a tank

Key closing-up chores that you never want to forget

Cottage Q&A: What’s causing our smelly septic?

A wild raspberry bush

Cottage Q&A: Will these plants destroy my septic tank?

Copper pipes

How to make your three-season plumbing work all winter

An ant nest with a few ants moving in and out

Cottage Q&A: Ant nests on the septic bed

General

Woman cleaning toilet bowl in bathroom

The best way to unclog a toilet

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A septic tank buried in sand

Cottage Q&A: Will the septic pump freeze?

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Two plastic holding tanks in a sand pit

Cottage Q&A: Holding tanks, yes or no?

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What’s the best thing to plant on a septic bed?

Outdoors

Close-up of a toilet bowl clogged with personal hygiene products, septic tank

6 things that should never go in your septic tank

composting toilet

Questions to ask before you buy an alternative toilet

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Three alternative toilet types to consider for the cottage

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