Drying clothes outdoors, front yard gardens, survival

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Letti on August 2, 2008 at 12:00pm

You can string a few old cds on the clothesline at different lengths. The moving reflections when the sun hits the cds with the wind blowing, will keep the creatures away............at least so I've heard.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kyle Gassman on July 26, 2008 at 5:40pm

What is greener than a clothes line? Wind AND Solar Powered. Winter in Iowa is the only thing that slows down the path to the clothesline. More Clothesline! I'm thinking about marketing a sturdy set locally as a way to combat families utility bills. And yes, sheets off the line, so divine..

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Michelle W. Flannery on November 9, 2008 at 10:25am

I worked in real estate for a while, so it was common to see HA requirements and share them with new buyers. Most didn't mind. Some were appalled. I was once helping a family that was selling their home because the H had told her husband he had to cut down all of his roses - they were not permitted according to HA rules.

I don't want to live anywhere where someone else is telling me what I can grow and how tall it can be, and what color my front door has to be. I have chosen not to live in such areas because, first, the houses are being built on top of each other, and second, because I don't want anyone telling me I can't grow veggies (or anything else).

On the subject of clotheslines : ) it's all my mother ever used when I was growing up. However, I was the one going out to the line in the burning heat of summer and on freezing cold days to hang and retrieve the laundry. I never did get comfortable with the idea of my bra and undies being on the line for anyone to see, and I can't tell you how many times we had to defrost clothes by the fireplace because they'd froze stiff as a board on the line in winter! Mother still used a clothes line, even though she has a dryer (It came with the house). My father hangs out the clothes now and brings them in. I'm happy to have and use my dryer proudly and conservatively. Besides, I have too many dogs that would be fascinated by my sheets flapping in the wind, and more than happy to rip my undies from the line and toss them around the yard.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Penelope on November 9, 2008 at 11:15am

I had a dog for a very short time who pulled clothes off my clothesline at the ranch and dragged them out in the hayfield and rolled around with them. We got rid of him the way ranchers get rid of dogs, sadly, but humanely.

▶ Reply to This

• 1
• 2