Terri, there are SOME advantages to living on a pebble, then!

K x

Yes there are! From wearing nothing but sandels, my feet don't like being cooped up in shoes. They start screaming to be let out. I think the little piggy screams the most! ;)

I love my clothesline!!!! I only have one straight line instead of the umbrella style. I wish I had more room for another line!!!
I love the way the clothes smell and feel!
Kendra

certainly! everybody signs one and passes it on. LOL!

I love hanging clothes outside!! THey smell so nice...I do like towels from the dryer though. I have an umbrella clothesline, a large clothesline where a dog run used to be and a large amish drying rack. I use the dryer in the winter...but put sweaters and things on the dryiing rack in the winter. I have an electric dryer at our cottage, but have an umbrella clothesline there too and use it if weather permits.

Margie

Hi!

Did you also use clothse-line poles to keep the heavy lines from sagging and
dipping the sheets, etc. in the dirt?

Thanks for reminding me of the old days!

Marveen
in Sunny Tucson

Yes, I've got a telescopic one!

K x

I remember my mom doing all of that when I was a little girl...now I do it with my own clothesline. I love that fresh smell, especially on my sheets!

I STILL have one of those at my house in Amarillo!! The neighbors occasionally asked to borrow it.......When my husband and I married last summer and I moved to Borger, I begged him to put me a clothes line up, but alas, the carbon black plants put a stop to that!! I find it easier to do without a dishwasher than a clothes line!!

Cute and funny:)And the real funny part is we still do the clothesline as soon as the temps hit warmer;)Love the fresh smell and the savings on the electric makes the trips worth it:)Skeat

I loved this post! I've been toying with the idea of using a clothesline in the interest of "green" and saving energy. I live in a dry climate and I'm sure the clothes would dry faster outside than they do in the dryer. We got a home energy monitor and every time that thing spikes I feel guilty. Now you've provided the ground rules for hanging laundry ... thanks!

i've got a long tree branch with v-shaped sections at one end. several, for different heights. (didn't want to say "tree crotches - k has a dirty mind).

Ummm..there are people who don't use clotheslines? :shock: :shock: :shock:

My daughter even put one up at her college house.

Except for living in an apartment, why wouldn't one have a clothesline?

I used to have one of those circular clothes lines and loved it (there is nothing better than that fresh smell).....until I would have to take it down for one reason or another. It never failed to get infuriatingly tangled. I haven't had it for a few years and I miss it.

My sister used to have a friend, named Pat, who lived in one of those "classy" neighborhoods. One day Pat called her HOA to complain about one of her neighbors who had made her own line and put sheets out to dry. Pat thought it made the neighborhood look trashy. Mind you, the neighbor was in her own back yard AND Pat was up on her second-story deck. I just had to laugh. Good thing she never made it to my house!

Your article was great. I recently bought a "stand alone" type of clothes drying rack. I bought it to help with the electric bill but also because I miss the smell of clothes that have been outside.

And, the fact the 'sun' kills off bad bacterias!:)And, if you have a stain that you have tried to get out of that light shirt, etc and tried everything, but, still see it...put it outside...it will be gone!:)Last time I checked, we saved about $40 off the electric a month if I was faithful using it. I am sure it is more now:)Skeat

I do my dryer broke so sunshine + warm weather work wonders
thank you
frankie

I can hardly wait for the weather to warm enough to use my clothes lines each year. I love the fresh smell of clothes dried on the line, and it is a much cheaper AND energy efficient way. I can still remember the days when we didnt have a clothes dryer, except for the lines. I also remember a wringer washer and a wash board for the really stubborn stains. I think I just dated myself there.

I also remember playing under the quilts my Mama and Gramma were making and pretending it was my own perosnal kingdom.

Oh how I remember the clotheslines....and the clothes poles that propped them up. Winter laundry froze, and was brought inside and hung on a clothes rack above, and beside, the "gas and gas stove" (another story). There is nothing like the smell of laundry from the line. Hard work but Sweet memories.

3 kids and cloth diapers 7 doz every day out side we went my baby and the diapers him in the swing fresh air play time And yes the winger washer was fun my son will be 34 in aug.
thank you lol
51 yrs.
now he's a grandpa
of 2

MOI!!!!!!! HUUUHHHHHHHH! Jamais!!!! :mrgreen:

K x

Uh yea Karla....some people, like me, aren't fortunate to live in an area like you...ok, yes I'm jealous! ;)

When I was a kid, we moved from Scotland down to Manchester, England, and one of my earliest memories was the clothing rack that was on a pully high up against the ceiling usually above the fire, you lowered it to put your clothes on and pulled it back up and wound the rope around a cleat. It was usually 4 long strips of wood which slotted through wrought ironing rails at the ends. Did anyone in the US have this type of airer?

Like this? My Mum used to have one! Great for drying herbs on too! Or hanging your pans up in the kitchen.

K x

Remember? Still using it. As a child , it was a rite of passage if Mom sent you down to hang "outside" . I even had one put on back porch to use in winter to avoid trromping thru snow to get to lines.

Thanks for bringing it up. Peg

That's them K!!

Years ago, I was into growing and drying flowers so we made our own using brush poles and it hung in a bay window in my kitchen, I used all tights cut into strips wound around the flower stems and hung them all upside down, it was soooo pretty!! :D

Peg it makes so much more sense doesn't it, in the last family home, my Mum had Dad put one up high on the landing at the top of the stairs as all the warm air rises up there for during the winter. :D

My daughters and I still use clotheslines, but given the weather its not that brilliant anymore, hubby does not like the ' Line' at all, years ago when Terry nappies were used I used to get compliments on mine ..pure white. after soaking in ' Napisan', who remembers that?, then washed and spin dried, fabric softener.. then pegged out, smelt gorgeous didnt they ladies... Ahhh memories....

I've never seen/heard of a clotheline like that. Must be a European thing.

They were indoor airers Terri, I suppose UK weather being what it is you need somewhere to hang the washing to dry during all that rain lol!!

Ellie: I used to have my nappy bucket sat in the bath next to the loo, we had to dosh the dirty nappy down the loo while flushing.. keeping a tight grip so it didn't go round the bend, then staight into a bucket of Napisan. Oh the joys of motherhood, but like you as I already said earlier in the post I LOVED to see a line of pure white nappies on the line..ONLY ZORBIT nappies I might add, not that I could afford the gold deluxe version, mind you my first born was only 4lb 2oz when I brought him home, and getting those big nappies on him was difficult until I was shown how to fold them in the chinese style, worked a treat then... He's 25 and getting married in August!! :lol:

Yea, I guess so, Izy.
I used to have a wooden rack that I would hang things on. Would set it up in my kitchen. I bought it at a yard sale for like $5 when we first got married. Didn't have a dryer at the time, only a washer. My dad came and strung a line for me...was REALLY long too! Then I went into the woods and found a tree for a pole. Was a great line. Once winter came, I only hung the sheets out. Then dad found us a great deal on a dryer. It was FREE! lol But, I had an indoor dryer vent, so we would use that to help heat the house.

You've got a bit of a theme developping today, mia amiga del campo! :D :wink:

K x

I used cloth diapers for the oldest, but I also had a diaper service. Neighbors gave me a certificate for 3 months of service. Was nice! No washing them! lol But, after the service was over....yep, slosh, slosh, flush, flush! lol

Izy... My son was 2lb 3oz at birth, came home when he was 3months old weighing 5lbs!! and I used the 'Kite' version for him...


we started something now!!!! :lol:

Does anyone remember starching certain clothing(skirts, shirtcollars etc)? Also when bluing was put inthe last rinse water? Dating myself, but that's o.k.

Oh how tiny is that, well have to say my very first born was only 1lb 6oz but sadly she only lived a week, she was 3 months early :( She would have been 27 years old now, but thats life, someone should have shown you the chinese way as it is much neater than the kite on small babies, bit late to try and explain to you know but if you fold the square in half, then take hold of one corner and move it over to the other you form a triangle, then whip it over and fold the remaining 'half into a rectangle shape in the centre this makes a thick part down the centre and you can fold up the legs after pinning, some things you just never forget!! :lol:

I still sometimes use a clothes line for sheets and jeans and sometimes everything in between. Love the smell and the crispness. Your "rules" are right on.

I love the smell of sheets hung on a clothes line. You could bring them inside and the scent would remain for awhile. Snuggle in between the sheets, relax and have a good night of restful sleep. Oh, the good ole' days!

I remember my Mom hanging the clothes out the window in Brooklyn. I now live on Long Island & have been married for 43 years & have always hung out my clothes! A few years ago my son in law built me one with 4x4s- it has 24 lines nicely spaced. I hang clothes out year round - everything except jeans, towels & the white wash ( underwear) as DH objects to some things being too stiff! I love the smell of the wash, the last of the material has a longer life & the time out by the washline gives me a little peace & serenity!
Terry in NY

All of that is how I lived until we moved to town three years ago. I miss my clothesline!

Now that I live in town, I have this: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50095091

I can dry two small or one large load.

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