Comments on: Outdoor clothes line

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:16:53 +0000

I grew up in the midwest where every yard included a 4-line sturdy wire permanent clothesline. When not used for laundry, it makes a great playhouse/fort for kids (a re-use for old blankets). Now that I live on a poof-dirt gravel road in the dusty southwest, our clothesline is in our kitchen breezeway, and we’ve found that hanging shirts on hangers from the top of the doorways works well too!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:47:25 +0000

I love having all my clothes dry on the clothes line especially my bedding. It’s wonderful. The feel the smell after being outside to dry. That’s one of the many reason’s I love summer time and the electric bill looks wonderful as well

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:23:46 +0000

I have always hung my cloths out and have not had too many problems with the wind or birds. If that happens I just wash them again. My mom had always hung cloths out. I even hang them down in our basement in the winter time. I hang our underwear and towels up stairs on a towel rack. I hang them up stairs as to moisture in the air as we heat with a wood stove.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:20:54 +0000

Sorry no clothes line for my clothes. My allergeries are bad enough as it is without all the pollen and air pollutants settling into my clothes. The cost of using a dryer out weight’s the cost of seeing my allergy Dr.

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:06:45 +0000

The Tibbe line - I laughed when I saw it - here I thought I was the only one with this bright idea! - I saved even more money than the clothes line tipper who suggested using clothes pins as spacers - I put loops into my clothes line by tying them - spaced about 2-3″ apart and use my regular plastic hangers

By: Amanda Paybody

Amanda Paybody — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:18:08 +0000

In the UK it’s usual to use a washing line to dry clothes, if you can. It doesn’t look good to see a nicely designed block of apartments with the balconies draped in washing, but I suppose everyone does what they have to! I’ve just done my daughter’s family’s washing for her and it’s hanging everywhere - on a line in the back garden, over the hot water tank, and on a pull-up rack in the utility room. At least I’m not using electricity, and it’s all drying while I’m sitting at work. Never had anything stolen, and I’m doing my bit for the planet.

By: DORIS BATDORF

DORIS BATDORF — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:33:48 +0000

I WAS BROUGHT UP TO HANG EVERYTHING OUTSIDE. WHEN I WAS FIRST MARRIED I WOULD EVEN HANG OUTSIDE DURING THE WINTER. FIRST YOU RUN THE CLOTHES IN THE DRYER FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, THEN HANG OUTSIDE. YOU CAN’T IMAGINE THE WAY THE SHEETS AND BED LINENS SMELL THAT NIGHT. IT MAKES THE WHOLE HOUSE SMELL GREAT!!!
NOW I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO USE A WASH LINE, BUT I USE A LINE IN MY GARAGE, AND KEEP THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN SO THE FRESH AIR CAN DRY THE CLOTHES. THIS WAY I SAVE ENERGY AND I DON’T GET INTO TROUBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION.

By: Nyreen

Nyreen — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:50:57 +0000

I hang my husbands clothes outside all the time. We both grew up with the clothes being hung up outside. My parents taught me at a early age to take care of the laundry. I have went for a few years without a dryer, when we moved to our last place I got my dryer back. I have had it over 18 years and no problems, because I don’t use it that often. I live out in the country and no one has taken any of our clothes. All you see on most of the country home here, are clothes hanging up outside any time of the year.

By: Cindy Rasmussen

Cindy Rasmussen — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:59:13 +0000

I have so missed my clotheslines. Sheets especially smell so nice coming in and being immediately put on the bed to sleep in. But I still hang the t-shirts with any kind of logo over a rack to dry. The heat of the dryer ruins the artwork of special t-shirts so those and sometimes jeans go over the rack when they are only half dry. The heat of the dryer wears out clothing almost as fast as we do wearing them. I didn’t know that until working in a laundry myself and having to be responsible for turning the dryers off and emptying them in a timely manner at work. Now I take extra care to make sure that my clothes get out of the dryer right when they are dry and don’t spend any extra time in there. Anyone who has the space for an outdoor clothesline should really consider having one. My mother and I used to wax our wire clothes lines each time before using them, but they were strong and sturdy and were workhorses. I could hang about any thing I wanted on them and never worry about the weight. I was so happy when my Dad made me clothes lines just like my Mom’s in the first home that we bought. I just wish that I still had them. Too many moves ago.

By: Henrietta

Henrietta — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:43:03 +0000

If you want the benefit of natural drying and want to avoid the ‘outdoor’ smell associated with clothesline drying, put a drop or two of your favorite perfume / cologne in the rinse cycle and your clothes will ’smell like you’ and not the great outdoors.