We never put washing out in the Belgian garden - too much rain and too many birds to "decorate" it. Here the whirlygig lives in the "cave" and comes out for drying. Has to be shifted for mowing anyway.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
For much of my adult life I lived in places without a washing machine so I dried clothes in the launderette. I still bow down before mine - I'm so appreciative of having a machine in my actual house. Having proper central heating is a great thing too, worthy of salute.
It’s neon orange so people don’t forget where it is. The same folk have a large jar in the kitchen labelled ‘Spoons’ lest they cannot recollect the name of the things put in it.
I've got a retractable and a whirly. The latter gets used as well only if I've got a lot of laundry to dry at the same time and when not in use, lives in the garage so doesn't get rusty, though I appreciate not everyone can store one indoors when not needed if they don't have garage/shed/ outhouse etc to put it in. (You can buy some with feet, so it's not necessary to have a hole in the ground to put the pole part of the whirly in). Have you got the space to set up 2 retractable lines to give you more drying space, perhaps starting from one point, more or less next to each other, then going to 2 points for hooking onto when in use (a sort of triangular look, if you see what I mean). They take seconds to open out and attach. Hope you find a suitable solution.
The study of Washing Line Cultures would make for an interesting phd. I grew up in flats with no garden so don't know the protocols.
Plastic pegs or wooden? ... we use wooden ones ... fully biodegradeable.
I sometimes ponder on archaelogists of the future digging up hundreds of multi-coloured plastic clothes pegs from gardens, and them forming part of an exhibitiion in a museum
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I bet when you started this thread @Tack - you didn't visualise this tangent! I used to like the wooden pegs with the round heads @Dovefromabove. A popular craft for children - making them into little dolls I have to confess to using plastic ones, but I tailor them to the clothes I hang out. Another part/symptom of my 'condition' I've not quite reached those levels @BenCotto, but sadly, I'm not remotely surprised at that article.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
... I have to confess to using plastic ones, but I tailor them to the clothes I hang out. Another part/symptom of my 'condition' ...
I used to use plastic ones @fa@Fairygirl (still have them but they're rarely used now) but when used I also matched or contrasted them with the garment ... deliberate consideration and decision made ... but I put it down to being an artist
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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They frequently contain the letters B,M & W.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Washing lines are very contentious in USA
https://observers.france24.com/en/20091110-washing%20lines-dangerous-taboo-US-dryers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11417677
Have you got the space to set up 2 retractable lines to give you more drying space, perhaps starting from one point, more or less next to each other, then going to 2 points for hooking onto when in use (a sort of triangular look, if you see what I mean). They take seconds to open out and attach.
Hope you find a suitable solution.
I sometimes ponder on archaelogists of the future digging up hundreds of multi-coloured plastic clothes pegs from gardens, and them forming part of an exhibitiion in a museum
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had our house downpipes painted grey to tone with the brick, and the guttering was replaced in grey PVC. It works.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I used to like the wooden pegs with the round heads @Dovefromabove. A popular craft for children - making them into little dolls
I have to confess to using plastic ones, but I tailor them to the clothes I hang out.
Another part/symptom of my 'condition'
I've not quite reached those levels @BenCotto, but sadly, I'm not remotely surprised at that article.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.