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| mtngirl1 |
Posted - Jun 28 2005 : 09:45:25 AM
Hi All! I am new as well. I posted to the last topic-this is new to me also. I live in the mountains- Nelson County Virginia. Anyone close by as I need a mentor. I have a lot to learn. I work full time as does my husband (he is a carpenter). We have two wonderful boys. I look forward to learning and conversing.
Kimberly |
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| beachaubergine |
Posted - Jul 08 2005 : 06:11:51 AM
Thanks for all the posts!Getting the hang of how the threads work! My username IS long isn't it?! and I am not exactly on the beach- alas, I am not on a farm either! I am checking out martha's site right now; You all are so helpful! Last night I browsed some other topics (farm names!) and did a search for clotheslines on these forums too. I really hope to get my line up in the next couple of days but i think we are going to continue to have rain. thanks for all the welcomes, eveyone here really DOES seem so nice my husband keeps telling me i can just stsick some lines in a tree, but i have my heart set on the posts and whole ball of wax for some reason. I want to grow viney plants up the posts. Plus, alot of our trees are scrub pines anyway and probably not nice to hang clothes under. |
| Clare |
Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 3:02:08 PM
Hi there and welcome! Do a search at marthstewartliving.com .... she did have a design posted for a clothesline like that... and hers had a top wire at the top of the diamond that could be used for a canapoy of sorts, so when not hanging clothes it could be used for shade. Good luck!
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 2:30:18 PM
Welcome Beauchaubergine...now lets see..how can I shorten that LONG name?? haha
I would send you a picture of my clothesline only it DOES have metal posts...it is about 50 years old and has heavy welded pipe type (about 4" diameter pipe) posts set in cement..It has 5 very long lines and I love it. It can hold 4loads of laundry!
I have had wooden ones in the past and love how they look...I hope someone can help you. Meanwhile..just wanted to welcome you..sounds like you have alot in common with us already!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
| beachaubergine |
Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 2:22:24 PM
hi
not sure if people are still responding to this thread- been lovin maryjanes catalog/magazine outlook and also trying to get my clothesline up! i bought two wooden posts that my husband and friend told me were too short! so i have the wood for the t-cross part and the clothespins and handmade holder (gift from fairy-god-aunt!) and clothespins and line... i am surprised that on the internet there are not a lot of photos of wooden clotheslines & posts. i guess they are so simple to make that they don't need to be sold, but i am surprised how many people are selling metal posts/clothesline sets online... would think someone would throw a couple woodposts up for sale and call them a clothesline! i like a photo on the maryjanes book of the diamond shapedposts and was looking for similar designs. does anyone have any photos of their country clothesline>
this is my first post. i moved into our first home last year and so we are still getting settled. i was hoping to have the garden going this year. it's been a long time since i gardened. we are still cleaning up the property thoguh so it's slowgoing. i did manage to get a compost going and some herbs growing in the house though. the job, dogs and life keep us busy! |
| mtngirl1 |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 5:19:01 PM
Kirsten-Thanks! I will go to that website and check it out. Good luck with your farm in Buchanan. I know where that is.
Kim |
| kirsten |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 08:03:21 AM
Hi Kimberely. We just put in an offer on a farm in VA yesterday, in Buchanan. Not that close to you BUT - I know people in Nelson County and in Green County, because we used to live in Crozet VA. I know also of a woman named Kathryn Russell south of Charlottesville whom I used to buy cheese and stuff from, who has eight homeschooled children and tons of animals. She knows tons, and you could find her email address at the Weston A. Price site because she is a chapter leader for that group. Which, by the way, is THE group I would most recommend to any farmgirl besides MJF - all about real food, health, rural living, fermenting foods, cool yogurt cultures, supporting small farms www.westonaprice.org. Good luck. Kirsten |
| Robinwolf |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 06:25:59 AM
Boy, those are great ideas! When Michael gets back home on the 8th (I can hardly wait),I'll show him these options. We do have columns on the deck in the back that we could use for one end of the clothesline - you got me thinking now..........
robin
Let the beauty we love be what we do. -- Rumi-- |
| mtngirl1 |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 05:31:47 AM
Robin- You cut the posts down and make a T and like you said, put eye screws in to hold the line. If you sink them in the ground deep enough, no cement is needed. My grandma hung her clothes line inbetween 2 trees in her back yard. If you have a large porch, you could also hang a retractable line on the wooden columns.
Kim |
| Robinwolf |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 03:29:34 AM
Thank you! 6x6 wooden poles, hmmm..... that sounds do-able, and also cheaper. I guess you just put screw eyes into them after they cement dries. or before you even sink them into the concrete.
Robin
Let the beauty we love be what we do. -- Rumi-- |
| mtngirl1 |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 03:22:05 AM
Thanks for welcoming me! Nelson County is 45 minutes southwest of Charlottesville, Virginia and about an hour and 1/2 north of Roanoke. WE live right below Wintergreen ski resort. We have about 8 acres of land, which is 2/3 wooded, with the South Fork of the Rockfish river running through our yard. They stock that with trout several times a year. We are sandwiched between 2 mountains, in the winter time the sun sets at about 2:30 pm. We just got pigs and are looking forward to chickens, goats and a cow. The house is a farmhouse built in 1917 and we love it. I like to read, sew ( I just recovered my first sofa), decorate my home and do things outside. My family ( husband- 2 boys) and job keep me very busy. I am looking forward to learning how to get things done in the time that I have.
Robin- my husband made my clothesline poles from 6x6 poles and cemented them in the ground. I pray he arrives safely on the 8th of July. I know where Montgomery county is, it is pretty there.
Will talk again soon!
Kim |
| Robinwolf |
Posted - Jun 28 2005 : 4:00:41 PM
Clare - that looks perfect. I found directions for how to set them in concrete, and I looked at the Lehman's online catalog, and found the best line to use. I can order that there. Thank you for this link. I'm going to ask my husband, when he returns on July 8th, about getting this. That is, if our handyman says he can't do it. I'll see him this Saturday. My husband has been away for a month now - he has been appointed a judge, and has been at a "training" seminar, or whatever you call it. We've never been apart more than 3 days before, so this has been a major adjustment. We are glued together, and this has been really hard. But one thing it has taught me, is that I'm not as helpless as I thought I was. I'm doing pretty good. I think it is harder on him, because he has to stay at a hotel the whole time - while I have our familiar house, and our dogs, and all of my hobbies, etc, to work on.
I'm waiting excitedly for July 8th - his plane gets in around midnight. I'll be so glad to see him again.
Robin
Let the beauty we love be what we do. -- Rumi-- |
| Clare |
Posted - Jun 28 2005 : 3:03:10 PM
Check this out girls, for clothesline options. $33.99 for a T post x 2 plus shipping. Might price it all out and see if it's feasible.
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/37-186-outdoor-clothes-dryers-.aspx
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| Robinwolf |
Posted - Jun 28 2005 : 2:49:40 PM
Hi Kimberly! I live in Montgomery County - southwest of Roanoke. I must confess ignorance of geography - where is Nelson county? Alas, we do not have farmland, but a nice backyard, and we grow vegetables in containers on the deck. I am trying to get someone to put up a clothesline for me (they have to make it - no one here sells the clothesline poles). I once tried spinning wool - the teacher said we should learn to spin it rough - before washing it. I had to bring the wool home in a plastic garbage bag - and I put it in a closet, but the dogs could SMELL something that was in that closet and kept trying to get in there. I had a lot of fun learning to spin, but in the end, at that time, we couldn't afford a wheel for me. Now, I am knitting, and am using other people's wool, and am happy with that.
I look forward to hearing more from you!!!
Robin (Pomlady)
Let the beauty we love be what we do. -- Rumi-- |
| mollymae |
Posted - Jun 28 2005 : 11:42:47 AM
Hi Kimberly! Where is Nelson County, in VA? We used to live in Leesburg and Winchester :)
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 28 2005 : 10:03:31 AM
Welcome Kimberly! Sure sounds pretty where you live....what do you enjoy doing? We are glad you are here!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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