Live Sustainably "Don't Buy It" Challenge
This is my response to @livesustainably's "Don't Buy It" challenge. The best idea and the most rewarding thing I could think of, regarding sustainability, has been living without a cloths dryer.
This is my cloths line. We acquired 2 telephone poles for free, and for about $30 worth of line, reels, and pins, I have a 100% efficient, zero emissions, clothes dryer. I use it about 8 months out of the year. Yes it is -30 here in Saskatchewan today so, that brings me tooo....
My indoor dryer that I use when it is absolutely too bitterly cold to go outside (yeah I don't know why people inhabit this place either...) This amazing tool costed about $50. I probably could have been more thrifty and built a wooden one, but when you consider that this saves buying an $800 machine that runs on electricity, I did ok.
Also pictured above are the cloth diapers that I've used on both my children. My 18 month old is almost ready to start using her potty applause👏 Oh the excitement. Nothing has been more gratifying than knowing that I don't have to throw out a bag of non biodegradable diapers everyday, that will never break down. The cloths line does a wonderful job of eradicating any unpleasant odors, as well as bleaching them pearly white in the sun again every time they hang.
Thank you for this challenge!
https://steemit.com/competition/@livesustainably/win-steem-the-only-environmental-contest-on-steemit
I caved into a dryer in our tiny hose in England, but only ever used it in winter. When we moved to Australia and had a whole laundry room I vowed never to buy one again!
PS: Thanks for reminding me to do my entry.
Your washing line is amazing! What a washing line!
Great idea! I love line drying clothes but haven't gone past the summer months yet. I guess I am a wuss when it comes to Alberta winters. How do you deal with frozen clothes I wonder?
Bravo on the diapers too. I really wanted to cloth diaper but we were surprised with twins! I held onto the idea for a while but just couldn't figure out the logistics with living in a tiny house too. I can barely stay on top of laundry as it is. I was happy to learn that our waste management facility actually breaks down the diapers though. Apparently, they are actually handles quite well. -Aimee
Ahhhh, I would never manage with twins that is terrifying! I was told with my first that it would be too hard with a newborn but honestly, you do what you gotta do, you just get used to it. I dry mine inside with the nice little doo-hickey that folds up in the corner when wer not using it. But there are days even into November when it's warm and sunny enough to get things dried, if they freeze I just hang them inside for a few extra hours and they dry up quick
It does take a bit of time to do laundry this way but in the end it is nice. We had a line over the hot stove for fast dry. I really liked that because then the clothes are warm when you put them on.
And it adds humidity with all that dry heat, we have a stove behind me burning in this picture lol
Yes it does add humidity. So you are able to warm your clothes as well. Fantastic!
i love doing laundry like this - it was also part of my post for the challenge as well!