Kind of obvious - Hang out your clothes

[Homesteadmom]

I am glad to hear Lin is hear, she was teaching me about raspberries on the other place. I want to plant some but not sure they will do well here though.

It seems like I empty the dishwasher & fill it right back up again. Empty the dirty laundry & it is full again. Fill the animal feeders & they are empty again. Water the garden & it is dry again. Some days I feel like I can't win for losing.

 

[Homesteadmom]

Drying racks are the best thing! My husband swears that I have a drying rack fetish! I have 4 huge ones. We even stopped at a tag sale on a trip to Maine one time because I spotted a huge, antique drying rack. Even though the car was loaded to the gunnals, I bought the rack and the hubby lashed it to the roof! I can hang 3 loads of laundry on the racks in the basement which is a good thing in the winter, when it is blizzarding and sub-zero.

At least you have an alternative to the dryer & using more elec in the winter. If he gives you a hard time remind him of how much money you are saving. I am lucky in the aspect that we can hang out yr round here but what I wouldn't do for colder weather in the winter.

 

[PotterWatch]

I am having to use my gas dryer right now. I don't like the way the clothes feel nearly as much as line drying. I can't wait until our landscaping is all done and the dust isn't flying anymore.

 

[attack-cat]

My clothes line met the truck. Truck won! Dh said "It'll go right under the line." Not. So now I need to redo it! I needed a better one anyway. I was drying the clothes on the line then putting them in the dryer for 5 minutes to get the pollen off them (we have allergies).

 

[FarmerChick]

LOL-LOL attack-cat
that was funny...yup, the truck won..and your line lost..you had me laughing!

 

[Beekissed]

I have clothes line strung in the attic of this old place...they must have dried their clothes up there when it rained or in the winter, I don't know. Right now its a handy place to dry flowers and herbs, but I could utilize it in a pinch.

They also have small clothes lines under the overhang of their cellar house. Also a good idea for rainy day clothes drying. These old folks thought of everything! Probably because they had to...

 

[Homesteadmom]

These old folks thought of everything! Probably because they had to...

We really can learn alot from the older generation if we would just pay attention & listen to them. It is amazing the things people thought of to make it thru the depression.

 

[Better Half]

I've never tired to dry clothes outside. I've been skeptical. My car gets covered with pollen, seed pods and bird poo just sitting in the driveway. I don't want that happening to my clothes.

Sweaters must be line dried. I do it indoors and it takes days. I figure it would take even longer outside. It's always warmer inside than out. The humidity may be less outdoors. I guess I could get a drying rack and give outdoor drying a try to see if its doable.

 

[sweetshoplady]

When I lived in an apartment that had a washer (no dryer) but a clothesline, I would hang shirts on hangers. A lot of stuff can be hung on hangers to dry. On rainy days, I hang hangers all around the house. And my undergarments never go outside. I hang them on hangers too.

 

[Zenbirder]

I made a committment to my clothes line years ago. It is really interesting to hear how different areas of the country make a difference on something as simple as clothes drying. We are so dry in the winter I have hung clothes on the line in freezing temps and they will dry by sublimating (water goes from frozen to gas without becoming liquid). But that isn't a fun task for frozen fingers either. I think this year I will try hanging a line in the greenhouse!

Here is a cautionary tale for those of you who use the clothes line exclusively:

Last year I wanted to take some of the cat hair off a black pair of pants so I could go to a funeral. I put them in the dryer and found out.... the mice had managed to enter through the vent from the outside and had a whole nest of babies inside the vent tube..... and cooked mice smell was how I found out.

Now I shove a rag inside the vent hood making a seal against the vent flap so no one can call the vent home. Just make sure to remove it before using the machine.