Here at Farm Chez Bontje, we try to celebrate Earth Day every day. Practically that is – not the “way out there” back to the earth way.
We do things like hang up the laundry. Here in the country it is what you do. I can’t understand cities or condo’s who ban clothes lines in subdivisions. Even Toronto is considering changing those bylaws. I read somewhere that the City of Toronto Toronto Hydro is handing out 1500 40foot clothes lines this month. Yay them! I understand that they finally realize that a. clothing hung on a clothes line smell fresher and b. do not shrink as much as clothes dried in a drier. hmm
But on to my point- I want a new clothes line. Take a look at the one I saw demonstrated at our local Home and Garden show last weekend.
Hopefully this YouTube link works. http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=i4RLDKKdoQQ I will admit that you have to spend $135.00 in order to save the $30.00 you can save in energy, but it is sooo CUTE!
UNCLE – I give up! just go to YouTube search for CORDOCLIP, and I promise you that you will be amazed. Go on. Do it. I dare you!
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Yes, it’s great to have your clothes dry in the wind. Yesterday was the first day it was possible to hang my laundry in the garden. That smell of fresh air is so wonderful.
Forgot to say: I watched part of the clip, looks nice!
Some of those area’s that ban clothes lines also have a rule that; if you own a ‘truck’ and not a car, you have to keep it in a closed garage so as no to offend the neighbors!!!I’m serious! I used cloth diapers on my middle daughter and hung them on the line to dry. I’m not sure how I found the time, but for some reason I liked doing it.
OK, I “dared”!! Neat looking contraption! Just wonder how easy it “REALLY” is, eh!!
Funny, too.
What would Granny think??
Soft hug,
Rhonda in Montreal
That video of the clothes line SCARED me! Can you imagine how much it would hurt if you for your fingers caught in one of those things? I wonder how many takes it took for them to finally put their hands in the right place.
Also why was the website in Chinese. Do you have some still you neglected to tell me about?
I thought the video was interesting. What occurred to me, living here in the moss belt as I do, was that you’d have to be out bleaching that line all the time to keep the algae off of it. On a regular clothes line, it doesn’t really matter because the clothes don’t touch the line. But on that one, you’re laying the clothes right over it each time you hang them.
I agree with Kate. It would suck to get your fingers stuck in there, that’s what I was thinking about the whole time I was watching it. I do like hanging my clothes on the line, but I hate it when they come off the line and they’re all hard. Especially towels!
Kate and Lauren- You know our friend Ken? Well he “demonstrated” the line, then went “ow- it cut off my fingers”!! (for those not in the know, our friend Ken had 2 fingers cut off when he was 18. Still the best golfer I know!
Paula- we thought the same thing about the clothes line! It is a cool idea though
Interesting how a thought can seed opinion.
This clothesline is in fact far gentler on hands than version 1.0 clothespins. Why? Because you never have to touch the clothespins, and they are forced open in the areas where your hands are. Perfect for arthritic hands that still want to hang clothes.
Also, this system was designed, patented, and is made in Montreal. If you buy it, it might stay that way too!