Guest Blogger - Kristy Athens - Get Your Pitchfork On
In GYPO I write: “Hanging the laundry is one of those
ridiculously simple economies that used to be ubiquitous and has now virtually
disappeared from North America! No one questions buying an
enormous machine and paying for gas or electricity to cook plastic sheets laced
with toxic chemicals into their clothing, when there is fresh air right
outside! While the invention of the washing machine saved people hours of hard
labor in front of a steaming washtub, a dryer saves virtually no time or effort
at all.”
Where we lived in the country, we had this great laundry
line that was on a pulley system - I simply reeled it away from me.
Now that we’re back in the city, I am making do with a
folding rack in the basement. Not the same delicious fresh smell in the
clothes, but it does the trick! The rack takes up little room and folds to hide
behind a door when not in use.
"I know this inspired me to consider a clothes line again for my backyard - it would be bringing back a lovely old tradition I grew up with in Montreal!" - Susan Abramson - Toronto Designers
Kristy Athens has written a no-nonsense guide to making the
urban-to-rural move called Get Your
Pitchfork On: The Real Dirt on Country Living. Even if you plan to stay
right where you are in the city, a number of things she talks about are
pertinent. For example, air-drying laundry. Check it out here!
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