I hung laundry outside for the 1st time this year.

[polkanut]

I did 2 loads of bed linens, and had them on the line by 10:30am. The temp was 35 degrees at the time. I hope it all dries before dusk. Wish me luck! This about the earliest I've ever been able to get at our clotheslines, we didn't get alot of snow here this winter.

 

[bernina]

I was just thinking about waking up the clothespins!

Your message made me smile.

It's supposed to be 47° and sunny tomorrow here in Chicago. I'm definitely going to try to line dry sheets and pillowcases.

... and ...

I bought a Miele 3033 last Friday! It's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow... I'm sooo excited about it.

 

[polkanut]

I used Viva detergent, Bluettte bluing, and ammonia in the wash water, and a vinegar rinse. Should smell like heaven in the house very soon.

 

[favorit]

also here first outdoor drying this morning

Despite it has been a cold day (tomorrow evening we'll have snow again, i'm fed up, may it be the last time), wind was so dry and strong that bed linens and toweels were ready before noon

 

[chuffle]

I'm jealous!

Sunny and in the low 40s here, but there is still over a foot of snow around the clotheslines. No hanging laundry out around here for a while (though my Amish neighbors have been hanging laundry out...on their large side porch).

 

[polkanut]

Joe,

Maybe you'll have to clear the snow from under your lines so that you too can start line drying again. lol

 

[polkanut]

Well everything dried except for one small corner of the fitted sheet. I brought everything in around 4:45pm, and had the bed in our room made by 5:15. It smells wonderful in there! I'd like to capture that smell as a fabric softener scent.

 

[frigilux]

Good for you, Tim!

I'm looking forward to getting clothes out on the line, too---especially bedding, which always smells so good when line-dried.

Unfortunately, I would have to wade through waist-high, dirty snow to get to my line at the present time.

 

[gansky1]

I was just thinking of doing this all week! Tomorrow it's supposed to be cloudy but breezy and 45 so we'll see...

 

[sudsmaster]

Good for you.

We've had a pretty wet winter here, so my line-drying has been curtailed, but I strung up a load of bath sheets on the line today.

I find it's most economic to line dry in the summer months, when our "lifeline" gas allowance is cut way back (what the utility euphemistically calls the "non-heating season"). I have discovered that by line drying when possible in the summer, I don't tip the gas consumption into the higher tier rates. It's not much but more a matter of pride.

I often finish off towels in the dryer, on non-heated air fluff, to get them soft again. But slightly damp with a little heat added works even better. I also fluff them before putting them out on the line.

Bath sheets line dry very nicely, and don't need any "fluffing". Similar for jeans and such. The crisp line dry feel almost makes them feel pressed.

 

[mickeyd]

We have temps of 40+ degress and sunshine forcasted for the

So the laundry will be nice and crispy, and the fragrance, to die for.

But, morphing from another thread, here's a newer better pic of the end-days of outdoor winter drying. At least for this year. Once the items defrost, they flap freely.

One of the joys in living for me is hanging the wash outside. Try to do it as often as possible. On really arctic windy days, it's nearly impossible because the sheets become plaster walls as you try to hang them, and then they'll knock your sox off.

So nice to know, Tim and company, that other people love to do it too.

Just before sunset~

 

[frigilux]

Mickeyd, that photo deserves to be in a print ad for detergent or softener or something. It's gorgeous!

 

[norgeway]

cold weather drying..

I can remember my grandmother hanging out laundry and it freezing on the line!!! it dried somehow...and smelled wonderful.

 

[rickr]

Beautiful photo Mike! Your backyard is a paradise. I can only imagine when the scent of your clean wash must be!

I used to LOVE hanging my sheets out to dry but because of my allergies, my doctor said not to do it anymore.

I used to LOVE when the sheets would "freeze dry" like that! Such a wonderful fresh smell.... Nothing else like it.

Wonder if I could dry mine in the freezer..... <:

 

[polkanut]

I love not only the smell, but also knowing that I'm keeping a few dollars out of WPS' (electric co.) pocket makes me smile too. And it gives me a good feeling to know that I'm reducing my carbon footprint just a little bit.

 

[chromacolor]

I was able to hang out some on Friday, and it was perfect as it was sunny and windy. Hung some out yesterday, but it was damp and cloudy. It was mostly dry tho when I brought it in.

 

[mickeyd]

Outdoor drying and allergies

Rick, I don't want you to get hay fever again because I've had it, but you only need to avoid the heavy pollen weeks, and make sure to get the clothes in before dusk when pollen is heaviest. (Dawn too, but you're probably not washing then ;->) I'd love it if you could hang out again. Stinging Nettle, an herb, and fish oil pretty much cured my hay fever. Will go into more detail elsewhere if you're interested.

Rich and Eugene: Thanks so much. I really like to make people happy. It feels so good.

 

[polkanut]

If the temps and weather cooperate there will be bedsheets and towels on the clothesline this Friday.  YAY!!!  I'm also going to use some of the vintage BIZ I acquired last week.

 

[wayupnorth]

I cant get to my clothesline as there is still well over 5 feet of snow I would have to wade thru. Although they are saying temps near 50 tomorrow, another snow event for the weekend. What else is new.

 

[abcomatic]

I was thinking about hanging the laundry out too. The snow is gone from around the clothesline. Fire up the ABC or Easy and do the wash. Love the way those sheets smell and feel from off of the line.

 

[gmmcnair]

I have had the perfect weekends for it....

...the last two weekends have been perfect for hanging out clothes to dry. Sadly, I spent both weekends doing other things. My refrigerator died, so I had to clear out all the spoiled food and ready everything for the new one. Then, I spent the following weekend getting food re-stocked and things back in place.

Maybe this weekend...

 

[frigilux]

It's an astounding 65 degrees here on the prairie of southwestern Minnesota, with 68-70 predicted for Thursday. I may have to clean off clothes lines and hang out a load of sheets. Love the scent of line-dried bed linens!

 

[mayguy]

Hung mine out for the first time on Wed, it was lower 60's, was able to get the Christmas lights off the rooff, and patio table out!

 

[washdaddy]

I remember my grandmother and mother use to always hang laundry outside. There's something about drying things out in the sun and hopefully a breeze that does something to your freshly washed items that you just can't help loving.

I even questioned my grandmother once about the cold weather hanging and she always said if you get out first thing in the morning and the sun is out and take it down before the sun starts to set that the laundry would dry.

It's just sad now that so many housing developments across the country have restrictions in place in their communities about having clotheslines outside and forcing people to use dryers. If they only realized what the true experience of drying things in the sun are...maybe they'd have second thoughts about it. Besides the "being green" aspect of it and the savings it provides to people.

Last time I checked you didn't pay for using sunshine.

 

[polkanut]

I did line dry our winter flannel sheets & pillowcases this past Friday (3/13), and also washed and line dried our summer sheets to freshen them up from having been in storage all winter.  Our underclothes also went out on the line in between the bedding.  Nothing like putting on a line dried t-shirt and being able to catch a whiff of that scent all day long.  Sorry, I forgot to take pics though.

 

[lordkenmore]

>I did line dry our winter flannel sheets & pillowcases this past Friday (3/13), and also washed and line dried our summer sheets to freshen them up from having been in storage all winter.

Proof that Friday the 13th isn't a totally unlucky day!

 

[lordkenmore]

I've been line drying outside a lot recently, thanks to a dryer that went to the Great Big Laundry Room in the sky. I'm guessing this must be the earliest I've dried normal laundry on the lines. It does not work as well as it does in summer--it seems like getting the laundry out fairly early only dries at best to "almost dry" by the end of the day. Still, that means less drying time on the wood rack inside. Perhaps if I had a washer with a better spin, or else a good spin dryer, things would dry completely outside during the day.

 

[twintubdexter]

Normal temps should be 70's

It's been in the low 90's. If I had a clothes line the temperature knob would be on Cottons & Linens. I use the air conditioning in the late afternoon which = $$$. This is way too hot for mid-March. I'm scared of what's to come.

 

[wayupnorth]

I would gladly send this snow and cold to you Joe, if you could send some of the warmer temps this way. I have not been able to get to my clothesline since early October and after last nights snowstorm, we are over 130" here and forcasted to be down to 0 yet again tonight.

 

[abcomatic]

I hung out sheets, pillow cases, underwear, socks, and towels today. All of this was washed in my 1955 ABC wringer machine with some borax and a Tide pod.
Everything tried quickly and the sheets smell sooo good.