Comments on: How to Make Using a Clothesline Easier http://www.greensahm.com/how-to-make-using-a-clothesline-easier/ Trying to live green at home Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lila http://www.greensahm.com/how-to-make-using-a-clothesline-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-171565 Lila Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:27:17 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=749#comment-171565 I don't have a clothesline now but my mom & I were talking about our fond memories of hanging out the clothes. Mom mentioned something I hadn't remembered....wooden props. When laundry was hung on a long line they would use long boards with a notch cut in one end to hold up the line at intervals keeping cloths up higher. I don’t have a clothesline now but my mom & I were talking about our fond memories of hanging out the clothes. Mom mentioned something I hadn’t remembered….wooden props. When laundry was hung on a long line they would use long boards with a notch cut in one end to hold up the line at intervals keeping cloths up higher.

]]> By: kisha http://www.greensahm.com/how-to-make-using-a-clothesline-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-159811 kisha Sun, 03 May 2009 04:11:29 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=749#comment-159811 I love my clothesline and yes running out of clothespins just before you finish is annoying. The only time I use 2 clothespins on something are the towels because the wind has a tendency to pull them off the line on really windy days. I love my clothesline and yes running out of clothespins just before you finish is annoying. The only time I use 2 clothespins on something are the towels because the wind has a tendency to pull them off the line on really windy days.

]]> By: Green SAHM » Blog Archive » Do You Really Need All the Gadgets? http://www.greensahm.com/how-to-make-using-a-clothesline-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-159578 Green SAHM » Blog Archive » Do You Really Need All the Gadgets? Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=749#comment-159578 [...] just horrify me. Such a waste of fuel, not to mention loud! Get a broom, start sweeping. Just like hanging clothes out on the clothesline, it’s good exercise as well as good for the [...] [...] just horrify me. Such a waste of fuel, not to mention loud! Get a broom, start sweeping. Just like hanging clothes out on the clothesline, it’s good exercise as well as good for the [...]

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.greensahm.com/how-to-make-using-a-clothesline-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-159460 Stephanie Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:58:28 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=749#comment-159460 That's a great idea, thanks! Vinegar jugs I certainly have. I've mostly been leaving them on the line, which has its good and bad points. Being outside all the time does get them pretty weathered. That’s a great idea, thanks! Vinegar jugs I certainly have. I’ve mostly been leaving them on the line, which has its good and bad points. Being outside all the time does get them pretty weathered.

]]> By: Deoxy http://www.greensahm.com/how-to-make-using-a-clothesline-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-159450 Deoxy Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:21:05 +0000 http://www.greensahm.com/?p=749#comment-159450 If you have an empty plastic gallon jug sitting around, mine are usually vinegar jugs, you can make a nice clothespin caddy. Cut a one inch section out of the bottom end of the handle and a hole out of the top front large enough to easily get your hand in and out of. Then put the clothespins inside and hook the handle over the clothesline. You can slide your clothespin caddy down the line as you move along. I don't have a clothesline at the moment, since we just moved into our house, but I we used to dry our clothes outside all the time when I was a kid. They always smelled so nice! I'm looking forward to having that again. Another plus to the clothesline, if you can't fold the clothes immediately when the dryer gets done, they get wrinkled, but if you forget them on the clothesline for a bit longer, they are just fine. Diana If you have an empty plastic gallon jug sitting around, mine are usually vinegar jugs, you can make a nice clothespin caddy. Cut a one inch section out of the bottom end of the handle and a hole out of the top front large enough to easily get your hand in and out of. Then put the clothespins inside and hook the handle over the clothesline. You can slide your clothespin caddy down the line as you move along.

I don’t have a clothesline at the moment, since we just moved into our house, but I we used to dry our clothes outside all the time when I was a kid. They always smelled so nice! I’m looking forward to having that again. Another plus to the clothesline, if you can’t fold the clothes immediately when the dryer gets done, they get wrinkled, but if you forget them on the clothesline for a bit longer, they are just fine.

Diana

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