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cmandle Posted - Apr 11 2006 : 07:40:53 AM
Hello all!

Spring has sprung in Minnesota and while I know we may still have a freeze, I have the bug! It's time to get my clothes out on the line again, especially all of the cloth diapers that my little 11 week old Jackson is wearing. The problem is that we don't have a clothesline in our yard. Our old house did and I loved it to pieces, but this one doesn't. (We meant to put one in last summer but didn't get around to it.)

So, what's the best way to start from scratch with a new clothesline? I loved my old metal posts at the old house, but I'm not sure you can find those anymore?

Appreciate any tips and advice!

Catherine
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Bfriday Posted - May 12 2008 : 6:51:14 PM
We asked around and found someone with big T metal poles in their backyard that they didn't want or use. You might ask around, I know 2 families off the top of my head that have nice metal poles in their backyards that they don't even use! Plain crazy I know!! We just put some in our yard yesterday! The local mom & pop hardware store had clothesline wire and sturdy clothes pins!

Farmgirl Sister #188
DearMildred Posted - May 12 2008 : 6:32:19 PM
Ooops! I lied earlier, it's not the Vermont Country Store that makes the pretty wooden clotheslines, it's the Vermont Clothesline Company. http://www.smartdrying.com/

They sell the post style and the umbrella style. The umbrella one looks really nice too.

Anyway still determined to build mine this weekend. I'm ordering the blue clothesline too. :D

~Amanda in OK~

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered by your old nonsense. -Emerson
Feythe Posted - May 11 2008 : 7:23:21 PM
http://www.clotheslineshop.com

This web site (ClotheslineShop)has a system I'm interested in which is the pulley-type clothesline. I'd like to be able to stand on my kitchen porch, pin on a garment, reel out the line, pin on the next and so on using clothesline and pulleys. These remind me of pictures of clotheslines strong way up high between apartment buildings in decades past.

Today was a full day of high, blustery winds here in Atlanta --- too bad my towels weren't out on a line!

Farmgirl Sister #67
All is Well.
DearMildred Posted - May 11 2008 : 6:56:17 PM
Go Lea! Hey, if you've got the trees, use 'em.

This is a link to the colored clothesline: http://tinyurl.com/6443wn
It takes you to an online store with a really long name, so tinyurl.com is easier
(No camo though! That's hilarious, must be for hunters?)

I think I am going to attempt to build a wooden clothesline soon - it looks like it can't be too hard. Two 4x4s and some hooks, and a few 4x2s for cross-braces. Probably not the technical term!
farmgirl blessings Posted - May 11 2008 : 6:36:37 PM
Well I did it! It's just a make do clothesline between 3 trees in the yard but I LOVE it! Thanks to everyone for the inspiration.



Blessings, Lea
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Brew Crew Posted - May 11 2008 : 05:13:10 AM
Along the lines of colored clothesline, I saw a camo print clothesline online somewhere. I just might get it. ;)



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kissmekate Posted - May 10 2008 : 10:34:31 PM
Mine came with my house, and I didn't always use them. I do have to restring them this year as the cotton ones droop too far down to be worth while.
I switched from the plastic pins to wood ones. The plastic ones just break too easy.
I haven't been able to use mine as much as I would like. The rain stops for a day or so here and there, but are usually work days. Just one weekend day that I don't already have booked up with something would be nice to get all caught up.
I love mine, because of the smell and environmental reasons, but also it makes it easier to catch up on laundry.


Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland
handyam Posted - May 10 2008 : 6:26:10 PM
If you have a welding shop in your area, they possibly could make you some metal posts. You would need to put them in concrete so that they would be secure. I have had mine for almost 38 years now. They need a coat of paint from time to time. I use the plastic coated wire for the lines. They last a long time as well.

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Marcy Posted - May 10 2008 : 06:11:56 AM
Oh, wow. What a great idea. If it ever stops raining here, gonna to the clothesline thing myself. Thanks for all of the great suggestions.


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catscharm74 Posted - May 10 2008 : 06:09:59 AM
Hi Amanda and welcome!!!! I would love to have a colored clothesline, how cool would that be???

Heather

Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!

FARMGIRL #90
DearMildred Posted - May 09 2008 : 10:45:01 PM
I **LOVE** the umbrella stand idea - what a smart guy! I wonder if that would withstand Oklahoma wind?

I'm seriously considering building my own wooden clothesline posts. The Vermont Country Store website sells the ones pictured below, and they're gorgeous but I'm a) somewhat broke and b) impatient! My Dad and I made shutters for my house out of fence pickets and they look adorable, but that's about the extent of my carpentry so far.

Has anybody attempted this?

I also found blue, yellow, and pink clothesline online, it's actually not priced too bad. My house is blue so I might just splurge on pastel blue clothesline if I can pull the wooden post project off!

This my very first post. :D

KYgurlsrbest Posted - May 07 2008 : 6:24:22 PM
That's a nice image, Amie...You live in an older neighborhood like mine, then.

I think I'm just going to break down and order the umbrella one like my Aunt Bernie's...I've always liked it and it makes more sense than stretching a line across a portion of the yard with the dogs running in and out of the clothing. When I washed the couch covers and pillow covers from the sofa, I made a make-do clothesline on the porch and hung them up right there. It worked for sure and they smelled soooo good!!!

Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Amie C. Posted - May 07 2008 : 10:29:26 AM
Around here, the garages are all about 25 feet back from the houses. Traditionally, the clothesline goes between the two buildings. My house has the old hooks in place on both the house and the garage, but I've never been able to hang clothes because my husband is always working on his old cars in the driveway. Maybe this year I'll make a land grab...
catscharm74 Posted - May 07 2008 : 10:17:51 AM
What I love about hanging laundry here in Texas is by the time I get to one end of the line, the other side is usually dry. Got to love the sun!!!

Heather

Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!

FARMGIRL #90
Rebekka Mae Posted - May 07 2008 : 09:39:20 AM
I posted this under the wonderful hubby thread but it belongs here really....

Last summer I found a pop up aluminum clothesline for the yard through our local freecycle group- simple, practical and needing a hole in the ground to rest in. I could never make up my mind where it ought to go...will there be a hoop house there next summer? a chicken coop perhaps?
SO- since I was breaking my drying racks carrying them in and out Erik came up with a WONDERFUL solution. He bought me a gorgeous openwork wrought iron umbrella stand and 8 heavy duty tent stakes and voila- my laundry was hung in 10 minutes. It looks great, required no cement or digging and I can move it if that spot doesn't get enough sun. It is sturdy and the kids can't knock it over because of the way the stakes are holding it in place. My hubby is a real honorary backyard farm girl for this one!!!!

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Virginia Woolf
Brew Crew Posted - May 07 2008 : 08:45:49 AM
Until I get my permanent one put up, I have been using the distance between our fruit tree stakes to string up some line. It's been awesome and I LOVE the smell and feel of the fresh clothes.



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farmgirl blessings Posted - May 07 2008 : 08:11:14 AM
I just love all this clothesline inspiration. Right now I'm using a retractable that extends the length of our front porch. I really like it, however, I really want a clothesline out the in the garden where I can feel the grass on my feet when I hang the laundry. All of these suggestions are so wonderful! Looks like I'll be spending the afternoon scouring the woods for some good cedar logs or 2 good trees about 30 ft apart!

Thanks so much. I'm so excited!



Blessings, Lea
www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com
www.farmhouseblessings.etsy.com
catscharm74 Posted - May 07 2008 : 07:14:52 AM
Hey Lea!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE your cowgirl outfit!! How cute is that??!!!

Heather

Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!

FARMGIRL #90
JenniferJuniper Posted - May 07 2008 : 05:03:35 AM
Here's another link, they carry all kinds of poles and even the umbrella type. At my old house I used a retractable 20' line from home depot. It could hold about 20 pounds of wet clothes, but was not good for more than 3 or 4 pair of heavy things like jeans. The line itself is synthetic, one of the few instances where I prefer peoplemade to cotton b/c of the droop issue.

http://www.clotheslineshop.com
Lea Vollmer Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 11:40:04 PM
I think the Vermont Country Store catalog has a pulley style clothesline in it as well. I'm putting a clothesline up this spring as well - our utility bill has been outrageous and drying clothes outside should save us some!

I think I'm going to try checking at Rural King and the local Lowe's to see if they have them in stock.

Lea - Farm Girl at Heart in Indiana
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Annie S Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 6:32:07 PM
Good to know about the cotton clotheslines - DH is going to be building me a clothesline pretty soon (hopefully!!!!) in the back yard and I was wondering about what to use for the lines. But will go for the old wooden clothespins instead of the plastic. So good to see more and more going the clothesline route these days. So much more eco-friendly.

Peace and love.
Annie
mikesgirl Posted - Jul 30 2007 : 5:23:25 PM
Last summer when I stayed over at our cabin by myself, I asked DH to make sure he put my clothesline up before he left to go to San Diego. So, he strung the cotton clothesline between the posts for me - looked great. The first time I washed clothes, I started hanging them out, and the line got lower, and lower, and lower and by the time they were full, I was stepping OVER the lines to get to the other side instead of under!!! I learned a lesson - never use the cotton clotheslines - we replaced them with plastic covered wire this year.
La Patite Ferme Posted - Jul 30 2007 : 3:41:51 PM
I just tie my line to the brackets of my patio cover. That will give me about 24 feet of space. In the winter I just untie the line roll it up and pack it away in a lidded plastic box. We hang delicates from the shower curtain rod or on hangers from the door jams. DD doesn't think much of the Chinese laundry look.
Trace Posted - Jul 26 2007 : 1:12:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mommatracy

I want to order some good clothespins. Are the ones on clothesdryers.com the ones to order. Some clothes pins pop apart from their metal springs. I want clothespins that I can keep for many years. Any advice? Thanks bunches. Tracy



Tracy, not sure if there is a walmart near you but I bought the best clothespins from them. They are these nice big blue plastic ones and the springs, so far have not given out and I have had them near on three years.

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Trace Posted - Jul 26 2007 : 1:09:38 PM
I use the clothesline that has been here, since the begining of time, lol. Honest, it is in the same spot it was first erected in and used by 4 generations of women in my family. It is cotton clothesrope, the line is attached to the southside of our house and is attached at the other end to the transformer pole in the backyard. It's a nice long one and you can tighten it when it gets too much slack. I like that I can get to it from my backdoor. I have planted some perinnal herbs plants near it.

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