Hang Laundry Out in Winter?


Would you hang laundry out to dry in winter?  Sure, if you were Amish.  The question is how would you wash it first?  Remember the old ringer-washers?  If the answer is yes, you’ve dated yourself.  But the ones I remember were mostly the electric kind, and many Amish families forsake the use of electricity for such appliances.  For laundry, they use only those square galvanized wash and rinse tubs, often with a corrugated wash board, too.  They might have a crank wringer to use after the rinse, but then the clothes have to go outside to dry on the line.  How does that sound for an afternoon’s labor?  And remember – for a large family, there’s probably laundry to do every afternoon.

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