I've never had a tumble drier (I must be so working class) There is nothing to beat the smell of line dried washing Wooden clothes pegs and washing is organised in order of weight - heavy stuff at the end nearest the fixing point all the way down to socks at the far end. OH was never taught how to hang washing, so I assume his mother is someone who disapproves of a washing line (figures - she's a snob). Sometimes I rehang all of his, if I find myself sitting, drinking my tea, looking at it all done wrong. We have an airer to dry it in the winter
PS we used to have a whirly one but it snapped in half one windy day when the towels were out and probably shouldn't have been
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My old neighbour once said she could tell if it was me or OH who'd hung out the washing! I do it "properly" - if an item needs 2 or 3 pegs I use 2 or 3 of the same colour, and peg things so that they hand straight and need no or minimum ironing. He pegs things any old how - a shirt by one cuff and one peg in the hem and so on. Can't blame it on his mum though, it's all his own doing. I have two permanent lines from different points on the house to a concrete post, with a climbing iceberg rose and a blue clematis macropetala trained on it.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
This is my washing line, it tucks away neatly at the side of the house where it can't be seen and folds down against the wall when not in use. It's big enough to take 3 loads of washing and wide enough for a super king size duvet cover. os
I can't imagine you would worry about the colour of wire if you are going to leave it out. Horrible and you would need do much room so that sheets etc wouldn't be get caught up in the shrubs. No,a rotary,thank you and put away when not used.l had to change my pegs for some chunky plastic (minky) ones, because of Arthritis and tendonitis of hands wrists only ones I could open and close
I like seeing washing fluttering and coming to life on the line even if it's not mine. I don't find the whirly things so pleasing. I got fed up with my plastic pegs so I've replaced them with wooden ones today. When I was removing the plastic ones I found that many of them held spiders - the tear shaped ones that sleep with two long legs sticking out. A sharp tap woke them up and they scarpered. What are they? Anyone got any ideas about how to repurpose plastic clothes pegs?
Yet you still posted @bede.... I'm going to have to take a swatch at that @raisingirl. We do have a tumble drier - vital in winter, and often summer too. Certainly necessary when the girls were babies. Nappies don't work too well when they're frozen solid
And to quote one of my favourite films - "I don't like the panties drying on the rod" [The fabulous Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl] I hate having stuff hanging around the house, and we don't have enough spare space in this house for it be out of sight.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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We use airers to dry clothes indoors if it's wet outside. No airing cupboard.
In for a p, back to the garden. It' shedge-cutting, watering, harvesting time!
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have an airer to dry it in the winter
PS we used to have a whirly one but it snapped in half one windy day when the towels were out and probably shouldn't have been
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I got fed up with my plastic pegs so I've replaced them with wooden ones today.
When I was removing the plastic ones I found that many of them held spiders - the tear shaped ones that sleep with two long legs sticking out.
A sharp tap woke them up and they scarpered. What are they?
Anyone got any ideas about how to repurpose plastic clothes pegs?
I'm going to have to take a swatch at that @raisingirl.
We do have a tumble drier - vital in winter, and often summer too. Certainly necessary when the girls were babies. Nappies don't work too well when they're frozen solid
And to quote one of my favourite films - "I don't like the panties drying on the rod"
[The fabulous Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl]
I hate having stuff hanging around the house, and we don't have enough spare space in this house for it be out of sight.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...