Over the years, I've got slack, even though I have a clothesline. It was one of my new year's resolutions to use it as much as possible. I did pretty well despite the weather until June, when days suitable for drying clothes in Wellington's climate became too infrequent (in a Wellington winter Ineed both sun and wind for most of the day). But I'll go back to the line as soon as things warm up.
Melanie, you line dry at least some of the time. That’s good. We still use the dryer from time to time. One thing, we enjoy very clement weather year round here in San Diego, California, which makes line drying convenient.
Coincidentally, I just got back from New Zealand (I was asked to give a lecture in Wellington) and everywhere I went, mostly on the South Island, people used clotheslines and drying racks in their homes. I never saw a dryer. I then went to Melbourne Australia and saw apartment buildings with shared clothesline setups on the roof.
Lloyd, I've been enjoying your posts from New Zealand. I saw the laundry on the line in a post of yours I read today. That's a little surprising and nice to know about the clotheslines in New Zealand. In the big picture, clothes dryers contribute only a fraction of our greenhouse gases, yet it's good to reduce where and when we can. I like line drying also for the other benefits. Clothes and linens smell so sweet! and they last longer.
I have always hung my clothes out. Love the fresh air smell the outside gives. I also would like to share something. I found that on rainy days put your clothes on hangers make a clothes line in garage or if u have fan in bathroom hang the clothes up. Turn on the fan it will dry them just like a breezy day outside they smell like u had them out. I've done this for years.
Reta, thanks for your comment. My wife and I started line drying our clothes about 15 years ago. I LOVE how fresh our clothes and bed sheets are after we hang them out to dry. We have a couple of the folding racks that we dry our clothes on during rainy days. I hadn't thought about using the fan. Thanks for the suggestion!
I live in southern Arizona, I have a washing machine but don’t need a dryer. It took me a while to get used to the stiff towels but I definitely prefer line dried clothes, sheets and stiff towels!
We all do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint but this one is so easy. Thanks for bringing our attention to it.
I’ve lined dry all my adult life. When I was young it was as much because I couldn’t afford the dryers at the laundromat as it was an environmental issue. Let me say that clothes will dry quicker on the line on a hot sunny day than they will in a dryer without adding any residual heat to your house. They dry very quickly on a freezing day as well. The only problem is damp chill days. I have hung shirts on hangers from hooks in my ceiling and in my bathroom with the fan going. It may take awhile and will release more dampness into your house. I now have a heat pump dryer for prolonged chilly damp periods.
If your community frowns on line drying simply hang your clothes on a portable hanger and on your outdoor furniture. They are then invisible to outsiders.
I too have fond childhood memories of running through sheets hung on the line.
Over the years, I've got slack, even though I have a clothesline. It was one of my new year's resolutions to use it as much as possible. I did pretty well despite the weather until June, when days suitable for drying clothes in Wellington's climate became too infrequent (in a Wellington winter Ineed both sun and wind for most of the day). But I'll go back to the line as soon as things warm up.
Melanie, you line dry at least some of the time. That’s good. We still use the dryer from time to time. One thing, we enjoy very clement weather year round here in San Diego, California, which makes line drying convenient.
Coincidentally, I just got back from New Zealand (I was asked to give a lecture in Wellington) and everywhere I went, mostly on the South Island, people used clotheslines and drying racks in their homes. I never saw a dryer. I then went to Melbourne Australia and saw apartment buildings with shared clothesline setups on the roof.
Lloyd, I've been enjoying your posts from New Zealand. I saw the laundry on the line in a post of yours I read today. That's a little surprising and nice to know about the clotheslines in New Zealand. In the big picture, clothes dryers contribute only a fraction of our greenhouse gases, yet it's good to reduce where and when we can. I like line drying also for the other benefits. Clothes and linens smell so sweet! and they last longer.
I have always hung my clothes out. Love the fresh air smell the outside gives. I also would like to share something. I found that on rainy days put your clothes on hangers make a clothes line in garage or if u have fan in bathroom hang the clothes up. Turn on the fan it will dry them just like a breezy day outside they smell like u had them out. I've done this for years.
Reta, thanks for your comment. My wife and I started line drying our clothes about 15 years ago. I LOVE how fresh our clothes and bed sheets are after we hang them out to dry. We have a couple of the folding racks that we dry our clothes on during rainy days. I hadn't thought about using the fan. Thanks for the suggestion!
I live in southern Arizona, I have a washing machine but don’t need a dryer. It took me a while to get used to the stiff towels but I definitely prefer line dried clothes, sheets and stiff towels!
We all do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint but this one is so easy. Thanks for bringing our attention to it.
I’ve lined dry all my adult life. When I was young it was as much because I couldn’t afford the dryers at the laundromat as it was an environmental issue. Let me say that clothes will dry quicker on the line on a hot sunny day than they will in a dryer without adding any residual heat to your house. They dry very quickly on a freezing day as well. The only problem is damp chill days. I have hung shirts on hangers from hooks in my ceiling and in my bathroom with the fan going. It may take awhile and will release more dampness into your house. I now have a heat pump dryer for prolonged chilly damp periods.
If your community frowns on line drying simply hang your clothes on a portable hanger and on your outdoor furniture. They are then invisible to outsiders.
I too have fond childhood memories of running through sheets hung on the line.