THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

thriftwizard

Just goes to show, boddy - good job you were well-prepared!

jk0, my washing went out at 8.30 and came back in at 4.15-ish, when we got back from a pleasant day out in the west of the county, which included a stroll along a bit of beach that's starred in a TV series lately. Looking at the cliffs, I think we'll see a few more falls & slumps this winter... lots of new splits & cracks, some of them clearly exposing underground "winterbourne" stream-courses. And people were still sitting right underneath them... Anyway, the washing was nice & dry, if rather chilly!

GreyQueen

I don't have an outdoor drying space, worse luck, but Mum has dried 3 loads of laundry outside today, they're just finishing up indoors on the clothes airers.

Line-dried laundry is the best perfume ever, imo.

Lindlou

Dried my washing outside today too.

ivyleaf

maryb wrote: »

When Osborne solemnly warned the country that house prices would fall if we voted out, was I the only parent who punched the air and thought 'yesss!!!'?

I do feel sorry for people who may end up in negative equity. But it's a different market now from the early 90s and if people have to move for work or changing circumstances, then they can at least rent out their property

I'm sure you're not - and I'm sure we weren't the only grandparents who did it either!

DigForVictory

Almost certainly not news to you canny souls, but came out of the blue to me - to make mince go a bit further, chuck in a couple of handfuls of porridge oats. Not the powdered ReadyBrek stuff, but the flattened oat. Soaks up the fat, holding onto the flavour & tastes just fine!

VJsmum

I've said this before, but my washing is put out all the time, in all weathers, cos I have one of these


http://www.rotaire.com

Agree with GQ, air dried laundry is the best smell. In fact fresh air generally is the best smell. I never understand the need for air fresheners

moneyistooshorttomention

Just done a quick check on that covered clothesline - oh well...that was a thought - but it wouldnt stand up to the winds here.

Am in a bit of a quandary about drying things soon. At the moment - well my washing machine turns things out pretty nearly dry anyway and I "finish it off" on a clothes airer in the kitchen. There won't be room in my kitchen for a clothes airer soon (as I'm going to be getting my new kitchen at last in the coming year). The bathroom is too small to put it in there. No problem = put it in the conservatory. Errrm....I havent got my conservatory yet and it could be years before I have the money to add that conservatory.

My head hurts.....and I've just got visions of having to have that clothes airer there in my bedroom:(.

Any other suggestions for "how to" on the drying front welcome. Being a bungalow - I can't do what I used to in my last house (ie of hanging sheets over the bannisters) - so that's out.

pineapple

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Any other suggestions for "how to" on the drying front welcome. Being a bungalow - I can't do what I used to in my last house (ie of hanging sheets over the bannisters) - so that's out.

I'm fortunate in having garden though these days laundry is likely to end up damper than it was before it went out
Coopers of Stortford has various drying solutions
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/
I have a freestanding heated towel rail - supposed to use the energy of a lightbulb and I put my undies on there. I also put them on the storage heaters - though you are not supposed to
I go though quite a lot of throws (for the dog). They are microfibre ones and dry really quickly. Since I no longer have bannisters either, I finish them off by draping over doors.
Also - since I'm on E7 electricity, I sometimes put laundry on airers in the spare bedroom and run the dehumidifier overnight.
As it's an old cottage, I'm thinking of one of those victorian style clothes pulleys except I'm not sure my ancient ceilings will bear the weight! :eek:

jk0

Thanks VJ's mum

Doesn't that umbrella thing stop the sun getting on the washing though? How long do towels take to dry under the umbrella?

VJsmum

jk0 wrote: »

Thanks VJ's mum

Doesn't that umbrella thing stop the sun getting on the washing though? How long do towels take to dry under the umbrella?

Yes, it does stop the sun, but you could remove it in summer but I don't. The manufacturers argue that it stops sun bleaching of clothes.

How long does a towel take? I actually have no idea I don't time it and obviously it depends on the time of year. I just hang it out, forget about it and take it in when I feel like it. It makes all sorts of claims about funnelling wind and drying quicker that I don't really think are true. For me it is a big umbrella. I don't tumble dry anything - I still have a tumble drier, I use it maybe three times a year, mainly on the basis that if it's a particularly foul day and there's stuff I have to get dry then I may as well use a tumble dryer as I have one. If it breaks I won't replace it.