laundry day

[TaeTaeLove]

Yesterday was laundry day for me. It had piled up for a while, both clean and dirty, hoping to be able to use my line. Ended up having to use the dryer and folding a small moiuntain of clothes (literally 6 ft wide by about 31/2 ft tall). How do you make your laundry day green, especially if you can't use your line?

[mommaGof3]

If I run out of room on the line I'll lay stuff out on the dyer. If I just can't use my line cause of weather, I ended up using my dyer cause I can't lay it out all over my house or it'll need to be washed again, my kids would run all over it and throw it every where.
I want to find a rack that I can use in the winter though cause I really don't want to use my dyer all winter. I'm also looking into getting a washboard and possibly the tub too so I can hand wash the clothes and stop using my washer all together .

[JasonsMom2007]

I'm bad, I always use the dryer.

[TaeTaeLove]

I use the dryer mostly in the summer. It rains every day here, almost, and the clothes usually end up soaked. So when I use the dryer, I try to keep it running till I'm done. I don't let it hit the cool down part of the cycle, so there's residual heat left for the next load. I never use a hot wash (don't even have the hot water turned on for the washer). I use about half the detergent called for.

[mommaGof3]

Have you thought of getting wool dryer balls? They are supposed to cut dry time in half

[SalmonBerry87]

We have to wash clothes like every other day it seems like. And we don't have a line so we use the dryer. :/ but we mostly use the laundry soap I made. Which reminds me... I need to make more but I HATE grating the soap! Lol

[TaeTaeLove]

* except in the summer. And we're on a purchase moratorium until dh gets some more work and the bills are caught up on.