Comments on: Old Wash Day Recipe http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/ Creative Homemaking Ideas & Household Tips Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:28:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Beverly http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/#comment-8447 Beverly Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:34:13 +0000 http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/#comment-8447 I still use the final rinse water from the clothes washer to water the plants in the garden. I just collect it from the washer hose into a bucket or 2 as it drains into the sink next to the washer. Why let the clean and (nearly) soap free water go down the drain? Clean water sustains all life on our Earth. I still use the final rinse water from the clothes washer to water the plants in the garden. I just collect it from the washer hose into a bucket or 2 as it drains into the sink next to the washer.
Why let the clean and (nearly) soap free water go down the drain? Clean water sustains all life on our Earth.

]]> By: Tipnut http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/#comment-8431 Tipnut Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:51:23 +0000 http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/#comment-8431 I remember my grandmother taking freshly washed items and putting them through (one by one) a wringer machine of some kind to get a lot of the water out. We had to be very careful not to put our fingers near the machine while it was running (funny what you remember decades later). I don't recall how the items were washed, but I don't think it was by hand. Then she line dried all the clothes. I remember my grandmother taking freshly washed items and putting them through (one by one) a wringer machine of some kind to get a lot of the water out. We had to be very careful not to put our fingers near the machine while it was running (funny what you remember decades later).

I don’t recall how the items were washed, but I don’t think it was by hand. Then she line dried all the clothes.

]]> By: Pauline http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/#comment-8396 Pauline Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:06:30 +0000 http://tipnut.com/old-wash-day-recipe/#comment-8396 It wasn't all that long ago I remember throwing the rinse water in with the plants and scrubbing the porch and the outhouse with the hot soapy water. The tea towels did get laid on the grass to get bleached by the sun. We hung the tubs on the nails hammered into the walls on the back porch for that reason. I still use the rinse water from my dishes to water my potted plants. The towels and whatever else get laid on the lawn to get bleached by the sun. Old tricks just get updated. It wasn’t all that long ago I remember throwing the rinse water in with the plants and scrubbing the porch and the outhouse with the hot soapy water. The tea towels did get laid on the grass to get bleached by the sun. We hung the tubs on the nails hammered into the walls on the back porch for that reason.

I still use the rinse water from my dishes to water my potted plants. The towels and whatever else get laid on the lawn to get bleached by the sun. Old tricks just get updated.

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