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keeping pegs and washing insect free

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  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,263 Forumite
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    I store my pegs in a small white plastic basket, and bring it in every time, I hate wet wooden pegs, they go black and mouldy
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  • Valli
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    what about thesebat-pegs.jpg
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
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  • SunnyGirl
    SunnyGirl Posts: 2,639 Forumite
    Valli wrote: »
    earwigs :eek: I hate them.
    So I don't have the sort of flowers they like.;)

    I'm NOT peg obsessive! I just like my washing to look like it has been hung properly and not thrown on the line:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    socks in pairs...
    My family have always laughed at me as I peg socks in pairs all facing the same way, all towels & teatowels together, pajama's in pairs, all shirts together, all jeans together ........................... you get the picture :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :D:D:D It looks like I'm amongst friends here though!!
  • Patchwork_Quilt
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    My rule was undies on the inside of the whirlygig and sheets on the longer lines at the edges.

    I have been experimenting with pegs for years. I would like to be eco friendly but the wooden dolly pegs don't grip as well as ones with a spring.

    Therefore, as my plastic ones turn brittle and die, I am replacing them with sprung wooden pegs. They all live in a little bucket with a lid that used to be our nappy bucket and that sits on the top of the dryer in the porch
  • Valli
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    Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »
    I have been experimenting with pegs for years.

    You want to be careful posting things like that apparently - though I have yet to find out what these experimenters do as I have firewalls and safe search :rotfl:

    (this is said tongue in cheek BTW - check the Flylady thread;) if you want to know where I am coming from - today!)
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  • Triker
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    Here are a few for you peg fans.....and if you can get to Wales......New South that is :rotfl:...... you can see them in real life.:D
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  • Valli
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    You temptress Triker - dangle them in front of my very own eyes then tell me I can't have them...
    Did you like my black bat pegs?
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
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  • Triker
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    Valli wrote: »
    You temptress Triker - dangle them in front of my very own eyes then tell me I can't have them...
    Did you like my black bat pegs?


    Alright I 'spose, now if they were chicken pegs, well thats a completely different matter..:p
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  • lil_me
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    Worth a try I think - clove oil spiders dislike, flies too. Flies don't like eucalyptus oil. These two as essential oils dropped on cloths hung on the line might help.

    I was thinking along the lines of bugs dislike mint and came across this
    http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-a-Pest-Repellent-Herb-Garden

    :o sorry to make a sensible post. I have mix and match pegs :D
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
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  • Dustykitten
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    Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »
    My rule was undies on the inside of the whirlygig and sheets on the longer lines at the edges.

    Reminds me of the video (on youtube?) with the demo of how to peg out washing - plus the hilarious one of the lads who pegged their friend to the line :rotfl:
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