From the time I was a child, we hung our clothes outside in the sunshine. On a breezy day, the clothes will get so soft and smell so nice. I miss that here in our new home. I am wanting a new clothes line in my back yard. I have one in my hallway to use in winter and one on my back porch to use in summer. Until we moved into this house, we always had a clothes line outside in the sun. The sun has a natural bleaching action that will whiten your white clothes and I cant get this free whitener from the clothesline on my back porch.
It is very frugal to hang clothes outside as it saves on the power bill and it is a great way to go "green" and save the environment. So many benefits to hanging clothes outdoors.I was reading some of my yahoo messages and came across a lady who said she was saddened to find out their home development (Germantown, MD) didn't allow clotheslines. People tend to not want to pay a big price for a home where the view is someone else's towels, sheets, clothes, etc.
I had never heard of any such law or ordinances before. I never really thought about the high end homeowners before. I live in the country and everyone hangs their clothes outside. I hears someone say that the places that have put this no clothesline ordinance into place to help the property values continue to get the best returns.
Now my question are:
Have you every heard of this law or ordinance?
Do you hang your clothes outdoors?
What do you think of this law or ordinance?
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The first I've encountered hanging clothes outside is where I am living now. I guess it has its advantages but I don't do it. I take my laundry to a service that washes, dries and folds so that takes care of that chore.
As soon as people catch on that it's "green", hanging clothes outside will become popular and then the ordinances will be forgotten.
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Where I live in this duplex, there is a sad, pitiful excuse for a clothes line out back. If you try to hang clothes on the dirty line (yes, it can be cleaned), they would drag on the ground. There isn't much of a way to fix it either, so I have to rely on my dryer.
On a lighter note, for people who do use dryers, many electric companies will put a timer on outlets that only work in non-peak hours, which helps to decrease electrical demand during peak hours. This decrease in demand allows the electric companies the ability to decrease their carbon output into the atmosphere.
My grandmother used a clotheline and I loved it. The towels were always crispy and good smelling:) I wish that I could do it here, but don't have the right exposure and often it is too foggy:(
clothes line out back of our house. Everybody did
that in the neighborhood. Of course the houses
were a couple miles apart. It was aregular site to
see clotheslines full when out for the unday ride.
We can't even use a clothes rack to put outside
on the patios! When I used to take Aunt Bessie
out for rides, I would go the back roads, and drive
slower so she could see things as we went by
would tickle her pink to see clothes hanging out!