One thing about living in a northern climate is that there are huge changes in the weather from summer to winter. The video above shows some ice caves in March, and it’s the same place we comfortably swim in the summer. I hope you enjoy this little glimpse of the Island as it sits almost exactly between the north pole and the equator.
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Cottages and rural retreats are great, but not if you have to work on them all the time. Read five simple strategies for ensuring your cottage doesn’t become an expensive ball and chain in your life.
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, advocates promoting sustainable forestry through purchasing wood lumber that uses certified harvesting practices.
Click below to watch lesson#5 in my video ebook KEEP IT FLOWING. In this video you’ll learn about the all-important torque arrestor and what it does.
Steve Maxwell gets methodical about the whole lawn care process in this blog on “lawn fertilizer”. It’s about lawn care beyond mowing and whipper snipping.
How can I extend the height of a wooden fence from five feet to seven feet tall without putting in new posts? I want to install a wooden lattice above the five-foot mark. If this were my fence I’d bolt…
In this 4 minute video, watch Steve as he fixes a century-old cedar rail fence in the backwoods of Manitoulin; offers some thoughts on the responsibility of keeping farm land going; spends time doing some hard-but-fun outdoor work