Welcome to the Spring Issue
“Spring is the time of plans and projects”
– Leo Tolstoy
Step outside and take a deep breath; smell that? It’s spring!
Science tells us that the aroma we associate with spring is actually a soil-based compound called Geosmin. This organic compound has an earthy scent and flavour, and is produced particularly by microorganisms in the soil and is best sensed after rain, or while digging in the garden. But, oh! Isn’t it lovely? Our senses know spring is coming, with April showers and May flowers.
March and April are a great time to plan out your gardens, and get seeds started for fruitful growing as it warms; it is also a great time to plan for outdoor improvements and landscaping projects. Perhaps this spring you are creating a bucket list of experiences, planning for a summer full of fun. Spring is just a great time for plans in general, it is a fresh beginning as the earth regenerates and shows us her true grace and colour after the slumber and coziness of winter.
Welcome to the Spring issue of Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, we hope you will find lots of interesting reads, and enjoy devouring this issue as much as we enjoyed creating it for you! In this issue you will find Fisher Excavating on the cover, they are ready and waiting for all your spring landscaping plans. You will also flip the pages to find kid-approved adventure crafts from Jacob Rodenburg, and Jaquelyn Toupin. We are getting fishing fever waiting for the Peterborough Cancast Fishing Show, happening at the Memorial Centre this April, and we brought lots of fishing content to the spring pages to get you in the mood to cast a line. The Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough announces that they have babies; and the Kawartha Wildlife Centre talks about what to do when flying squirrels invite themselves inside. We have the last of our snowmobiling content for the season from the Intrepid Snowmobiler in this issue, and usher in content for riders getting ready to hit the trails on ATV’s with the Kawartha ATV Association. The Fenelon Falls Country Living show is back for 2023 and we are happy to be sponsors once again, stop in and see all the wonderful vendors they have lined up this year.
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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt”
– Margaret Atwood
