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| Current clothes line |
My desire to move toward a greener
lifestyle and pay off a huge student loan motivate me to consider
many frugalities and efficiencies. One of my favorite frugalities is my clothes
line. I get real satisfaction marching out to that line to display
all my clean wet clothes to the sun, the neighbors, and even the
world.
We had a sturdy, functional, four
strand line in the house of my childhood. In my early married life
there was a clothes lines behind our garage apartment. Before our
daughter was born, my parents gave us an avocado green clothes dryer. After we
built our current house, my husband made a clothes line that went
around a pulley. I could stand on my deck, hang the clothes and pull
the line to send them swinging across the yard. Very clever the
husband is. Now I have a single strand clothes line that is just
adequate for one load. I will request more yardage now that the days
are warming up.
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| Six Gallons Laundry Soap |
My most favorite combination is my
solar dryer and my homemade laundry detergent. I enjoy making my own
detergent. It costs me about five bucks to make a huge vat (six
gallons) of laundry soap. It is easy to do and I like the way it
works and smells. It probably isn't as wonderful as some of the Tide
types, but it washes my Goodwill clothing just fine. I love it, and
if I want things whiter I add bleach. If you want to try it there
are lots of recipes on-line. I think I started with a recipe from
the Simple Dollar blog and keep tweaking it each time I concoct
another batch. Makes doing laundry cheaper, greener and more self
reliant- to quote the Martha, “Good Things”.
