There are several posts on drying clothes on a clothes line. The benefits to doing this not only reduce utility bills, but also is good for the environment because of the reduced energy use. There are a few bonus benefits as well.
Today when I took down clothes drying on the line there was a nice breeze blowing towards my back door. As soon as I walked out the back door I could smell the clean clothes. There is nothing like that smell! When the clean scent first hit me, it didn’t matter about the environment or the financial savings, it was worth hanging my clothes on a clothes line just for the scent!
When the weather isn’t too uncomfortably hot, it is very relaxing to hang up clothes and take them down. This is another bonus benefit of line dried clothes.
I’ve been busy with my wage earning jobs, getting some stuff done around the house, and surviving the AZ sun. I hope you have been finding new ways to reduce your utility bills since I posted last.
As the temperature goes up, my energy level goes down! I think we are past the worst of the heat, now. Yes, it’s a dry heat, but baked or steamed…it’s uncomfortable! The monsoons are about to start so its cloudy and a little cooler in the evenings this past week. During monsoons it rains almost every day so we have humidity and the heat for a time.
I have successfully lowered my gas bill by hanging up clothes to dry. We have been in our dry season so the water bill hasn’t gone down. With my dryer not being used as much, changing light bulbs, and turning off lights and TV’s when not in use, my electric bill went down also!
I’m about ready to sit down and add some posts. For the next month or so, there will be 2-3 new posts per week. Please stop by regularly to check them out.
My water bill will probably be a little high, because it is hard to dig in this rock hard sun baked AZ ground if it isn’t soaked! I have been digging a well (sunken in area) around my trees.
Some of my compost was ready to use so I moved it over to the Aloe Vera bed. I have huge clumps of Aloe Vera, so I am separating them so they will have room to grow. In the fall I would like to go to farmer’s markets and let the girls sell them in homemade pots made from recycled material. They grow and reproduce so very fast!
I have the homemade evap cooler working well enough to keep the room cool enough to work in. This saves electricity.
A friend gave me some railroad ties, so have them in the backyard near the fence.
I still can’t get over how good clothes smell off the line. They sure dry fast right now. We have been keeping up on using the clothes line. I didn’t do my son’s load this week because my overnight at work was rough and I was exhausted.
I researched on some homemade solar ovens. I think it’ll be fun to make one with the girls. I want to take advantage of the intense summer heat for cooking. I’ll need to cook things that I don’t have to stand and watch over because I will end up cooked if in the sun too long! (I guess the aloe vera will come in handy!)