So...I decided to stop taking a bag of laundry over to the laundry mat a couple times a week and feeding money to someone else so I can clean my cloths. I don't have a car, so doing laundry required hauling a bag across the highway (no cross walks) to the laundry mat that was always dirty and stinky and the machines were broken and I would waste quarters on dryers that were set on a low heat. I have a tiny house with no room for a washer or dryer (and I really don't want the cost of the gas and elecricity to run them anyways) so I bought a wash tub with a wash board attached and a wooden drying rack. I would love to have an outdoor clothes line, but my yard is all sand (live in the desert) and the sand would get in my clean clothes whenever the wind blew so I decided on an indoor one.
You might think I'm crazy, I certainly raised a few eyebrows at church when I mentioned it, but I actually don't mind doing them by hand. Granted, my hands get sore when I wring the cothes out, it really plays havoc on my arthritis, but when I priced wringers, it was obvious I would have to tough it out. I need to make up a batch of my homemade fabric softener to see if that will work with hand washed or not, John mentioned that the clothes were a bit stiff. They smell nice, though and I can still use my handmade laundry soap with them. The only thing I do that is not earth friendly for laundry is that I use latex gloves to do the wash to help save my hands from getting too rough. I will post a picture of my new laundry tub and drying rack when I get a chance.
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