(On a nice hot day, I can get all my laundry washed and dried using my clothes line, usually by the time a new load is ready to hang the old load is dry. My line can hold about three loads of laundry)4. The clothes are less wrinkly
5. Clothes don’t shrink.
6. My whites are very white, without Clorox.
(levis go on the line first thing in the morning, they take the longest to dry)
7. Sunshine is a natural “anti-bacterial”
8. On a warm day in the summertime my clothes dry faster on the line than in my 800$ fancy shamncy dryer. For FREE!
(Dadzoo’s new white shirt)
9. I love to look at my little girls dresses, skirts and nightgowns dancing in the wind.
10. It makes me laugh when my 3 year old boy pretends that the clothes pins are “monsters”
(Punk#5 is a winner for staining his little undershirts, an afternoon in the sun, and the stains are gone!)
11. I think it is funny when people give me odd looks when they find out I use a clothes line. It use to bug me, but I got over it.
12. It makes me feel self sufficient.
I love my clothesline too. It makes me feel good to stand out there and hang clothes. When my day is going stressful hanging a load of clothing by myself helps to ease the load.
I have been thinking of putting up another clothes line so that all my laundry can be out. Ours drys a little slower on humid days so sometimes I don't get it all out there.
And the sun is a wonderful bleach!
Hugs Erika
Erika, I am sure your laundry takes longer to dry in the humidity! 100 degrees and 99% humidity feels a lot different than 100 degrees and 10% humidity! LOL! I guess the dry air is good for something. 😉
I think it is great you do this! In our last house I washed dishes by hand, hung laundry outside, and mixed everything by hand. Some thought I was out of date and crazy, but I still do those things off and on and enjoy it! I don't know though. . .cloth diapers have thrown me over the edge!
What a throwback to a simpler time! I wish I had room for a clothesline…I grew up with my mom hanging sheet and towels on the outside line first, then the 'unmentionables' behind them on the second line…
Do you hang your "underclothing" out on the line? Mine never stay white and I know the sun would bleach them nice and pretty, but I'm wondering about the sacred nature of them. Yes, this is Utah LOL but I don't know if I'd feel ok hanging them out there.
Now that the weather is starting to get warm, I'm going to hang my clothesline. I'm going to knot some paracord and hang it between the fences around our deck. That way unmentionables are shielded from view and we can dry our clothes, but we can take it down whenever we want.
I can't wait for spring to start hanging clothes out again. Love the way everything smells fresh when I hang things out!
Don't forget all the vitamin D you're soaking up as you hang your clothes! Hooray for sunshine, the natural antidepressant!
Before I got married, my husband (to be, at the time) put up a clothes line for me. I just love it.
I have the "umbrella" shaped line. As far as underclothing, I put those in the middle and hang towels and sheets toward the outside.
I love the smell and feel of clotheline dried clothes. I wasn't able to do it in NC because in our shady humid backyard it would have taken hours per load to dry.