Old-fashioned clothesline drying...

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Aunt Marg

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I long for the arrival of spring each year. The green, the warmth and sunshine, the gardening, and using my clothesline.

I know times have changed compared to yesteryear, but how about a show of hands as to who all still dries washing/laundry using a good ol' outdoor clothesline?

Proudly holding my hand up high and waving away! :)

For those that do, do you have an old-fashioned pulley-line?
 

I don't have a clothesline but I still use my old wooden clothes bars.

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RadishRose said:
Outside clotheslines not allowed in my small condo community. I don't use the dryer often, but use a large aluminum clothes drying rack and hangers for blouses/tops. I miss hanging outdoors, though.

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I remember when I first learned about restrictions surrounding clothesline drying in certain communities and housing projects, I was floored.

Happy to know you still go the half-measure of rack drying.
 
Pinky said:
I'm in a condo, so, don't have the clothes-drying option :(

In Hong Kong, people have clothes-drying poles extending from their condos. Don't know how clean they would be, considering the smog!
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Darned modern rules!

Good point about the smog and pollution.
 
Lee said:
Nothing beats climbing into sheets dried on the line.

There's a reason they made "outdoor fresh" smell fabric softener for those who don't have a line.

Luv my clothes line.
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I couldn't agree more! So inviting!

LOL, about outdoor fresh fabric softener!
 
peppermint said:
Never hang my clothes outside.....especially during Pollen season.....And in the fall we have huge trees in backyard, with loads of leaves...
Forget the winter...too cold to hang wash.....
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I on the other-hand strategize when hanging laundry on the line during high pollen season, thus playing mother-natures game better than she! :)
 
Yup and the smell, dog poop, bird dropping as the birds here don‘t obey the sign, pollutants, and whatever blows over from the neighborhood. Plus so much work and a torn rotator cuff so can’t use one arm very much. My dryer works just fine 🤓
 
I have one of these...
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One end attached to the house and stretched out the hook is attached to a Mature tree in the garden. I only use it to dry Duvet's , blankets.. and pillows, and rugs.. otherwise I use the tumble dryer... I do however have a clothes prop which was fashioned from a branch of a tree which I've had for over 40 years...

As we have a lot of birds in our mature garden with all it's trees and shrubs. bird poop can be a problem.... so as a red blooded Celt I don't stand for any nonsense, so I have something that keep those pesky birds in check... and away from my washing which works very well ...












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Aneeda72 said:
Yup and the smell, dog poop, bird dropping as the birds here don‘t obey the sign, pollutants, and whatever blows over from the neighborhood. Plus so much work and a torn rotator cuff so can’t use one arm very much. My dryer works just fine 🤓
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Bad, bad, little birdies! :)

Thankfully, we're well away from city-life where we live, so the air is pure and clean, and aside from an occasional flying nuisance (as in insect) that decides it's going to make itself at home on my freshly strung washing, I can't complain. :)
 
hollydolly said:
I have one of these...
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One end attached to the house and stretched out the hook is attached to a Mature tree in the garden. I only use it to dry Duvet's , blankets.. and pillows, and rugs.. otherwise I use the tumble dryer... I do however have a clothes prop which was fashioned from a branch of a tree which I've had for over 40 years...

As we have a lot of birds in our mature garden with all it's tree and shrubs. bird pooh can be a problem.... so as a red blooded Celt I don't stand for any nonsense, so I have something that keep those pesky birds in check... and away from my washing which works very well ...












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ROFLMAO! How could the crows miss that! I mean, if they don't get the hint... :)
 
I grew up next to the railroad tracks. My mother would hang all the clothes out on the line and then we'd hear a coal-burning locomotive coming. "GET THE CLOTHES OFF THE LINE!" she'd yell and we'd all have to drop everything and start grabbing wet clothes before the "smuts" fell on them and necessitated rewashing.

I have a dryer. I'm a happy camper.
 

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