tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post2616253485006380758..comments2023-10-15T10:53:57.833-04:00Comments on Gift of Green: Get Ready! GOG Clothesline Challenge 2009!Gift of Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13843779880769352257noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-15531696106710461082009-08-17T05:03:07.564-04:002009-08-17T05:03:07.564-04:00oh what a charming idea ! It took me while to unde...oh what a charming idea ! It took me while to understand it tough... I've happily lived 35 years without a dryer ! And last 4 years with kids in house...<br /><br />There's a traditional clothes line for sunny days and linen laundry outisde. With the folding metal one we dry the 'smaller' bits and pieces. And now and then we use creatively other ex-tempore drying options..<br /><br />Wintertime is but difficult due to snow.. but nothing we can organize.-pikku-http://pikkuzakka.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-38571937750616095972009-08-14T11:55:50.318-04:002009-08-14T11:55:50.318-04:00Dang! Wish I'd read this earlier in the summer...Dang! Wish I'd read this earlier in the summer. I'm an intermediate ONLY because we live in a subdivision that doesn't allow clotheslines....but we sort of cheat with a low line stretched across the deck, otherwise I'd be an Advanced. LOVE crunchy towels! and sheets that smell like the sun.Floridagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558513619078356902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-12947010424894515692009-07-17T08:22:04.667-04:002009-07-17T08:22:04.667-04:00I'm in! Have been hanging out all summer but j...I'm in! Have been hanging out all summer but just found your fun blog! Consider myself intermediate with my sites on advanced...should be easy in Florida, right? Let the sun shine in!Kim Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833738552942394251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-38093704193857802432009-07-16T11:41:49.084-04:002009-07-16T11:41:49.084-04:00Sue15Cat - we Americans need to create a little di...Sue15Cat - we Americans need to create a little dictionary for your comment... I love the differences in language: nappies, pegging, airer and even damp washing! :)<br /><br />MangoGirl - Knowing what I know now I definitely would have used some cloth diapering (or nappies!) with my two children.<br /><br />Carla - It's never too late! Welcome to the line! :)<br /><br />SG at MG - Welcome! Glad you found us!<br /><br />Those of you who joined earlier in the summer, I'll be checking in on you specifically to see if you'd like to submit an update! :)Gift of Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843779880769352257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-62233637183914029752009-07-16T09:59:01.662-04:002009-07-16T09:59:01.662-04:00I am Superstar Level - I do not own a dryer. All ...I am Superstar Level - I do not own a dryer. All my washing goes on the line or on wet days on the airer in the spare bedroom.<br /><br />When my boys were little we used terry towelling nappies and I used to love seeing a dozen nappies flapping in the wind. As long as you bring them (and towels) in as soon as they dry you don't get 'that crunchy feeling'!!<br /><br />I love pegging out, am not as enthusiastic at bringing in though, although I never leave things out overnight.<br /><br />Today I can't hang things out :-(as we are having an invasion of crop flies, so I'm sitting next to a laundry basket full of damp washing as I type.<br /><br />Sue xxSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-25860785413742574042009-07-16T08:16:46.438-04:002009-07-16T08:16:46.438-04:00I have had a clothes line all my life, used cloth ...I have had a clothes line all my life, used cloth diapers on all 5 kids. I do not use a dryer at all, if it rains I dry on a clothes rack inside. I also have a clothes line hung across the end of the garage.<br />Millie Barnes, Chef, Nutrition Coach<br />HTTP://optimumhealth.wordpress.commangogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236079054805763766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-82041999342587209562009-07-13T14:26:15.658-04:002009-07-13T14:26:15.658-04:00Can I jump on the line? Just found your blog via M...Can I jump on the line? Just found your blog via Momma Bear's blog. I'm thinking I'll have to be considered a novice since I don't have a clothesline. :op The last one I had got really bogged down and broke. Oops. I've been meaning to get another and am thinking this is the inspiration I need.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17787026260384263929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-41365234764852003382009-07-11T21:01:09.365-04:002009-07-11T21:01:09.365-04:00I just found your site randomly and wanted to say ...I just found your site randomly and wanted to say that I think this is great. Our heating unit broke on our dryer 3 years ago. We decided to not fix it and just hang dry everything. At first it was harder but now it is just part of life. We hang clothes outside on a line and inside on a large drying rack (when it is to damp outside). Our house is 2 adult and 2 kids and we all enjoy it!<br /><br />sgmghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996456590209005630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-339034454140883212009-07-05T14:57:36.186-04:002009-07-05T14:57:36.186-04:00Welcome to all of you! It's never too late to...Welcome to all of you! It's never too late to join the Challenge. Let's try to Line Dry in July! :)Gift of Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843779880769352257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-80466820349609733392009-07-03T22:47:48.705-04:002009-07-03T22:47:48.705-04:00Waaah, I want to participate, but we have a humidi...Waaah, I want to participate, but we have a humidity problem I don't know how to deal with. Sometimes I hang the clothes out and instead of drying, they SOUR!! Does anyone have that problem?? I assume it's the humidity, but I have no idea!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115002505324651653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-7265410701225932412009-07-03T07:33:21.698-04:002009-07-03T07:33:21.698-04:00Better late than never! I would like to say advanc...Better late than never! I would like to say advanced....but I do get lazy. <br />We have a big, traditional Hills Hoist in our back yard, and I do have a big drying rack inside that we put over a ducted heating vent. <br />But as I readily admit, I am lazy. <br />You've guilted me in to it. Count me in. <br />NO MORE DRYER!Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159933019031213103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-78440525341108800472009-06-17T23:53:46.607-04:002009-06-17T23:53:46.607-04:00Am I too late? I guess the challenge is about hal...Am I too late? I guess the challenge is about halfway over now, but I just came across your blog today via NiniMakes. <br /><br />I am an intermediate longing to become advanced. I love hanging laundry out on the line. I love everything about it. Everything except when my 4 year old and 2 1/2 year old boys start pulling everything down and getting them dirty again. One day soon I will dig in some posts that will allow me to hang my laundry up nice and high and out of their reach. Until then I can only hang short things like diapers and little boy and baby girl clothes. Sadly, no sheets.kmberrienhttp://www.wishbeyondcakeandicecream.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-29684338171465942182009-06-16T22:30:43.349-04:002009-06-16T22:30:43.349-04:00What a greatidea. I live in the southern hemispher...What a greatidea. I live in the southern hemisphere where we do get a bit more sun but given that May - August is the middle of our winter I think it is still a good challenge. I do own a dryer but hubby has just installed an undercover foldout clothes line on our patio for wet weather so count me in for the advanced challenge.Aussie Mumhttp://ozmummy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-88327106690389083232009-06-16T12:05:13.820-04:002009-06-16T12:05:13.820-04:00Hello! Can I start late? I promise to carry my cha...Hello! Can I start late? I promise to carry my challenge on through September because we usually have sunny Autumns.<br /><br />I'm an Intermediate (sorry, just don't like rough towels). I have two lines which I strung between two Oak trees. The lines get the good, hot afternoon sun. <br /><br />I get a deep pleasure out of hanging up clothes- my 5 year old daughter likes to help. :)Clutter Librarianhttp://clutterlibrarian.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-70705216951329349832009-06-12T05:25:52.968-04:002009-06-12T05:25:52.968-04:00I found you in May, just did not get to blogging a...I found you in May, just did not get to blogging about it. What a fantastic challenge! We're Super Star/Advanced. I hang everything. My husband does not. But having a husband who helps with laundry is good enough for me. He can throw it in the dryer. =) <br />In May we washed 18 loads, hung 16. For June we're 2 for 2.<br />I have three lines. Two go from the back porch to a tree. The last one is between two trees. I don't have anything for indoors. I hang outside year round. It just takes a load 1-2 days in the winter, compared to 1-2 hours in the summer.<br />Thank you for hosting!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094379319062209577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-88757991622640496282009-06-09T15:00:48.604-04:002009-06-09T15:00:48.604-04:00I think I earned the super-star level. I hate the ...I think I earned the super-star level. I hate the dryer and never use it. I live in sunny Israel and it's a pity not to use the natural sun, which gives me the feeling that not only does it dry the clothes but also cleans some stains.<br />great challenge! keep up the good work!kerennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-13737990092433082782009-06-03T10:52:42.288-04:002009-06-03T10:52:42.288-04:00Yep, I'm advacned, been hanging out my laundry...Yep, I'm advacned, been hanging out my laundry since, well since my Mom was doing and both of my Grandmother's. Man, I hated it as a kid. But, once I moved to a house with a huge yard that was showered with sunshine all day and the line was already there, I just couldn't help myself.<br /><br />I will say I do own a dryer as my husband bought it for me (him) just before we got married.<br /><br />Now, at our new home, a little shady in the yard, we have three lines strung between to huge trees, two collapsable drying racks, and two of those handy dandy hanging ones with clips. <br /><br />We use Charlie's Soap and have nice soft laundry, even when it is hung out to dry. But, if you must put the towels in the dryer, pitch 'em in for a few minutes and then hang 'em out to dry!limabean+4https://www.blogger.com/profile/11974396885843846531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-75606963029888664782009-06-02T12:33:23.262-04:002009-06-02T12:33:23.262-04:00Just ran across your site from somewhere (????) an...Just ran across your site from somewhere (????) and so signing up (a bit late) for the challenge...In the most humblest manner possible, I guess I'm a SuperStar--we don't own a drier and air dry year-round (in Maine). We have a long clothesline on pulleys from our deck to a tall tree...which allows us to hang long things like sheets and tablecloths (but on windy days, they tend to wind around the line and get stuck). We also have a line strung between two trees for overflow and use drying racks in wet weather and for socks/undies...Sometimes when it rains for a week or more straight, I'm tempted to go to the laundromat to use the driers, but am too lazy to get it all washed and in the car. Our real laundry bottle neck is folding it once it's dry (now if they'd invent a machine that folded...)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-54924570606396259682009-05-28T10:45:16.229-04:002009-05-28T10:45:16.229-04:00I'm in. I'm hoping to do more, but I'm signing up...I'm in. I'm hoping to do more, but I'm signing up as intermediate. I have mixed feelings about crunchy towels, but I figure it's only for part of the year considering we live in Michigan.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186305185397341599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-81798968701408007712009-05-26T12:41:57.040-04:002009-05-26T12:41:57.040-04:00How fun...I would be intermediate. I just set up m...How fun...I would be intermediate. I just set up my new clothesline outside this weekend. It's a single line retractable. I live in WA so in the winter I use an indoor drying rack.Tiffanyhttp://tigglegiggles.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-16585069774611817572009-05-26T08:00:24.593-04:002009-05-26T08:00:24.593-04:00Better late than never! Advanced here - we dry ou...Better late than never! Advanced here - we dry our cloth diapers on the line outside and hang-dry most other things on a drying rack. Our clothesline is a retractable one that stretches from the house to the backyard fence.Team Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251919815554882705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-35823554703534598572009-05-26T01:59:55.626-04:002009-05-26T01:59:55.626-04:00Arriving a bit late to the challenge, but that's o...Arriving a bit late to the challenge, but that's ok because, even though I live in frozen Alaska (and there's still tons of snow on May 25), I line dry all year; frozen laundry still gets that wonderful fresh outside smell, and it doesn't take as long to dry inside while it thaws. Time is the big hang up for me, being a working mom of two young ones, so I'm going for Intermediate. <br /><br />My clothesline is strung between my porch and my neighbor's porch (duplex), and then when we camp out on the tundra I use my fish rack(after washing clothes by hand too). I'll post pictures on my blog sometime this summer(if the snow ever melts enough for us to get out to our camp!). Then we will spend a month at my mom's house in Indiana, where the clothesline is out by the chicken coop and hanging out laundry is so easy-breezy. But in Indiana, you don't get the sea salt smell mixed in with the wind and sunshine as you do in Hooper Bay, Alaska -- I had no idea of such things growing up in a landlocked state -- it was exciting to find that out!<br /><br />Hanging out laundry is one of my favorite things to do in this life. And I'm totally addicted to the smell.Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547406616756233807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-44438230082210778272009-05-25T07:38:21.419-04:002009-05-25T07:38:21.419-04:00I am new (and a bit late) and in love with crunchy...I am new (and a bit late) and in love with crunchy towels. I live in Scotland so the sun is something we see only every so often, but its OK, my clothes wait patiently on the line for days, getting lots of extra rinse cycles!!slugs on the refrigeratorhttp://www.slugsontherefrigerator.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-54257176683573240582009-05-23T22:03:54.950-04:002009-05-23T22:03:54.950-04:00I am SO in! What a great motivator you are. I am a...I am SO in! What a great motivator you are. I am a total novice, but a very energetic one.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076336082479948234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851827740361032747.post-70605506428670523772009-05-23T10:00:04.409-04:002009-05-23T10:00:04.409-04:00One of the things that was a must when we bought o...One of the things that was a must when we bought our house was a yard big enough for a clothesline! I guess that I am an advanced hanger! When I lived in the city everyone who had a line used to hang their clothes.Now that we're in the burbs, not so much. A friend of mine told me that the trick for towels and jeans was to dry them in the dryer for 15 minutes and then hang them. Not so scratchy for sure, and use a minimum of electricity!elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812300406491929090noreply@blogger.com