fabuchicki

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!

butterflywing

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).

barnbum

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?

Ducky

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!

PattyAn

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.

Skeat

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

frankie_casias

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

ThuviaPt5

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.

mrsjdt

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.

frankie_casias

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