Winter approaches.

Shadows lengthen, days grow short.

Still - the clothing dries.

Watsky

Watsky is an exciting new artist. He has a nice clothes-hanging segment in his "Man of Constant Sorrow" video. Have a look and listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Ocqp16Ldc

Late in the day

Fall in the Northeast presents some challenges to the clothes hanger. three load day is practically an impossibility. It's hard to get two loads done in a day.

Days are shorter, temperatures are starting to cool, and weather can be unpredictable. A

Today, I had a dry load just taken in from the line and a wet load in the washer. It was evening - sunset was approaching. Should I hang the wet load today, or wait until tomorrow?

The late afternoon fall hang has advantages.

• You get it done - the hanging is behind you.
• If your clothesline is in a grassy area: you get to hang it when the grass is dry in the afternoon. If you wait until morning, you'll be standing in wet grass.
• When it dries tomorrow, you can get a jump on the next load.

All things considered, the late hang is the way to go.

Tie-Dye

In this picture, we see what is clearly not a normal load of laundry hanging on the clothesline. What we have here is a tie-dyed shirt. This illustrates another advantage of the outdoor clothes-line. If you have a tie-dyed shirt to dry, you can just hang it by itself. You don't have to worry about having enough other laundry to make a full load for the drier. Just hang it by itself. It will dry fast!

Basket Placement

To simplify your clothes hanging, you should consider basket placement. When you bring your basket of heavy, wet freshly laundered clothes to your clothesline, you should have a plan in mind as to where your basket will be placed. One sensible placement method is to place the basket near the middle of the clothesline. This technique allows reaching  all hanging points with minimum distance traveled.

Another sensible basket placement technique is to place the basket at the side of your clothesline closest to your door. The thinking behind this method is that you have less distance to carry the heavy basket.  Of course, the trade-off is that you will have to carry your laundry further to get it to where it will hang.




"Middle of the line" basket placement






 

Either method is fine - it comes down to a matter of personal choice. I choose to place the basket of wet clothes near the middle of the line. Although I have to carry the basket of wet clothing further, I want to minimize the risk of dropping a piece of clean wet laundry. Less distance to carry, less chance of a drop!