The underlined number is what I paid last month. The circled number is what I owe this month. I have not changed anything other than not using my dryer. That's $28.24 in monthly savings! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! And since I live in the desert, I can hang my clothes out year round bringing my yearly savings to $338.88. If that's not incentive enough to hang out your laundry, I don't know what is! But just in case you needed a little prodding, here are the top 10 reasons to line dry your clothes, courtesy of the book Simple Country Wisdom.
1. Conserving energy saves you money!!
2. Your clothes will last longer. Dryer lint is actually teeny bits of your clothes.
3.Nothing will ever shrink again.
4. Clothes that hang dry don't develop static cling so dryer sheets are no longer necessary.
5. Line dried items are much easier to fold than that tangled mass that comes out of the dryer.
6. It's good for your body. The bending, stretching and lifting it takes to get laundry on the line is a good way to get some exercise without realizing it.
7. Sunlight has a gentle bleaching effect. Nothing gets whites whiter than the sun.
8.Line drying cools you down. On a hot day, hanging damp laundry is cooling and refreshing.
9.Some complain that clotheslines lower property value. There won't be any property if we destroy the earth!
10. Have you ever slept on sun dried sheets? PURE HEAVEN.
Super cool and very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture! Less to dry now! Another great post! Thanks, Stephanie!
ReplyDeleteOur electric bill last month - $293. This month $180. Unplugged those darn electric heaters and made daddy freeze! LOL!
ReplyDeleteBeen doing it for years! I use a folding rack in the winter and put it near the woodstove....which helps make the air a little less dry too! Great post as usual:-)
ReplyDeleteLast quarters electric bill $568 Aussie Dollars mmm excessive - 17year old son home hot weather - air con on all the time. This Quarter $198.00 mmm turned the air con on only enough to make life comfortable, off at night and became godzilla as far as lights and power points were concerned. Family could not believe their eyes. Might be time to install a wood fire as well. much better heat and drying effect in the house for the clothes as well. Have been a advocat for homemaking all my llife which makes me one of the odd ones around it seemed until I started reading blogs. Hey they are more out there like me. Thanks for your blog have subscribed to your feeds and look forward to following your journey. Jenny G Australia
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