Happy chickens! Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Such satisfaction in hanging it out on what feels like the first sunny day in months and months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryegg Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Me to. And it's all dry and carefully folded to avoid ironing. Happy days. Is this going to be the long awaited bar-be-cue summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Today probably was the barbeque summer! Nothing quite like outdoor dried clothes - although tumbled towels can't be beaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I had some towels out on the line yesterday I like my towels off the line all rough and scrunchy and smelling of fresh air. Lovely Then straight into a fresh bed mmmmmmmmmmm heaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I have put my washing out today too. I had a basket full and would have had to spread the loads out over the week so they could dry on the airer in the conservatory But managed to get 3 loads done and on the line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I hung my washing out today too Really brightened my day to see the sun and blue sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I hung out washing yesterday for the first time in months. Dried lovely and smelt clean and fresh. Hung out another load this morning at 8am, by 8.15am we were in the middle of a snow blizzard. Too late by then to fetch it back in as I was running late for work, still wet when I got home this afternoon. Thankgoodness for my SheilaMaid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 would have liked to have hung some washing out as lovely here this morning, trouble is 1. my garden only really gets enough sun from May-August 2. A house to the side of ours blocks any wind 3. My chicken FR area is now over where we used to have the Rotary line have to make a new hole!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I was thinking of hanging mine out but I have the same trouble as Barbara, not enough wind To be serious I'm actually thinking of either moving my rotary or putting up a 'proper' long washing line. Everything takes so long to dry where my rotary is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I have one long line across the bottom of the garden and a rotary at the top. Either way I have to squelch to get to them. But the reason for that is the bottom gets the sun first and the rotary gets the evening sun, so I start off with the line and gradually add to the rotary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I was tempted but settled for watching the chickens sunbathing instead. I was worried that I was being lulled into a false sense of security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I got my first load out today too bedding and towels, all dry and smelling gorgeous Hope tomorrow is as good as I have some more on there to start their drying at the first hint of sunshine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Today was my second day getting the washing out (I managed a load Friday) and it smells SO much better than when it comes out of the tumble dryer. Welcome Spring!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I was tempted but settled for watching the chickens sunbathing instead. I was worried that I was being lulled into a false sense of security. I'm with you Chucky Mama, we are still forecast snow towards the end of the week. I love watching elderly people who retain thick over oats well into the summer as if not really believing that the weather has changed, they start to shed them just as Autumn sets in. Trouble is, as I get older I am starting to do the same!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I could not hang mine out without my wellies to go out in the snow as we still have the stuff lying and its still deep - we dont want any more this week even though its forecast - it must go somewhere else this time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I wouldn't dare to walk on my fragile lawn. It is squelchy and the grassis very sp"Ooops, word censored!" and short where the chooks have been nibbling all winter. We also don't get much sun until quite late in the day. I do usually start putting the washing out sometime in March, but the lawn will have to dry a little first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 it's lovely to get washing out on the line I have to admit, its been a lovely few days, but it was a tad frosty when I woke up this morning brrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm amazed at this, we hang our washing out all year round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm amazed at this, we hang our washing out all year round... I do when it is really frosty as I love the smell of laundry when it has been almost frozen. I do then have to either tumble finish or hang over radiators. Otherwise, I don't find that washing dries in the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 there is no way my washing would dry in winter... I'd rather have it on the airer in the kitchen (underfloor heating dries it) or on rads/tumble dryer. I cant bear putting washing out, getting it in etc when it rains.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm amazed at this, we hang our washing out all year round... I'll hang mine out on fine days any time of year....problem is we have had hardly any fine days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 My lawn is still too wet and I'm tryign to tread on it as little as possible. The builders aren't making it very easy to get through the kitchen either Hopefully I'll get some out next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Only if it's a wonderful drying wind and it's not cold do I put things out - I have to tumble a lot now because the wallpaper is now peeling behind the radiators - and there aren't enough radiators to dry half a load when I end up with about 6 or 7. I'd never get things finished otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 You must have better sunshine in Somerset Ubereglu than we do then!! My mum always used to hang the washing out year round in Yorkshire - it would go out, go stiff as a board in freezing weather and then be brought in to go on the radiators, which always seemed more bother than it was worth! Did my ironing - love that cold, but hint of spring smell in the clothes too. It's the little things sometimes that give me the most pleasure, easily pleased me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Yes the smell is so different - doesn't matter if you use fabric conditioner, vinegar or whatever - the smell is not the same as hanging outside. Hmmmmmmm. I remember the stiff as a board sheets and how they crackled when you tried to bend them. Mum always draped them over a wooden clothes horse that my dad made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
