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The Case Against Fertilizing Your Lawns… And Your Lakes

Without even realizing, our daily activities can significantly impact our lakes. While excess nutrients in our lakes, rivers, and streams

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Weather Tips For Summer Cruising

As every personal watercraft owner knows, the Kawarthas/Haliburton area is a recreational boater’s paradise. So every summer, thousands of residents,

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Hello Summer

As someone who has spent many summer days in the Kawarthas and Haliburton, I can’t help but feel a sense

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Getting Started: Personal Watercraft Riding

How does a novice get started personal watercraft riding? I’m talking about someone who has a casual curiosity, hasn’t been

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Being a Responsible Boater

Boating is a favourite pastime for many people – an enjoyable way to take in the outdoors and spend time

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The Benefits of Grounding and Connecting with Nature

Our planet, just like its inhabitants, contains a natural and subtle electrical charge or energy field. The practice of grounding

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

PUMP PERILS Pumps are the great cottage equalizer. No matter how much design, decor or dinaro has gone into your

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Abbey Gardens Community Trust

For most people, when they think about their cottages or homes in Ontario’s “cottage country”, the first thing they think

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Ice Survival Myths

When waterways freeze over, they are tempting playgrounds for snowmobilers and other winter enthusiasts. But too many ice travellers perish

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De-Icers for Canadian Winters

R&J Machine has been designing and manufacturing quality waterfront systems for over 46 years.  Their manufacturing facility in Lakefield has

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