Being in the south, winter is mild and has above freezing temps for much of the time, even at night. The power of the sun though is much less and I have noticed that things take much longer to dry. If the clothes are not out by 9 in the morning, then they will not be dry by 4 when I get them back in.
I have also noticed that the ‘fresh dried’ smell of shirts and sheets etc is much stronger in the winter than when they are baked dry in 2 hours on a mid summer day. Sweaters have to go onto a rack on the porch after the line, so that they can be thoroughly aired before putting into the closet.
It is still a blessing though to be able to put laundry out in December. We spent many years in the north when this was absolutely impossible.
January 2, 2008 at 2:39 pm |
I read the comment on the home page where the writer said that she lives in Illinois and must use a dryer in the winter. Not true! I live in Indiana and hardly ever use a dryer. I have a wooden clothes rack that I hang my laundry on in the winter. My house tends to be dry, so clothes dry fairly quickly and adding a little humidity to the air in my home is not a bad thing at all. I do have to do a load of laundry about every day so I don’t get stacked up with 3 or 4 loads on the weekend. I don’t have the rack space for that, but between hanging things on hangers in the house, using my shower bar for sheets, and of course, the clothes rack, I can get nearly all of my laundry washed and dried without the use of an electric dryer. I love summertime though when my clothes get dried outside.