How Amish Do Laundry Without Electricity | The Old Fashion Way

[@LoveMyCoffee10]

GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!! 🙏 My fondest memories are getting into a clean bed as a child with sheets that were dried outside. The scent of fresh air and the crispness of the sheets was total nirvana.

[@bvny11702]

I think about those evenings often.

[@Sharperthanu1]

The Almish believe in their religion because they don't know what science can prove

[@lizhoxie7202]

It didn't happen very often, but add clean, line dried blankets!

[@suzizuki]

we had a mangle to iron the sheets, and all. my dad raised us to not be biased about work, boys had to learn house chores and girls had to learn mechanics, electronics and woodworking as well. so yes, those sheets were great!

[@louiZiana-Gurl]

Yes! I remember as a kid growing up in the country the smell of pine sol & fresh clean sheets dried on the clothesline & cool breezes flowing through the window with clean curtains dried outside. 🥰

[@jujubees5855]

Thank you to the Amish for standing with your fellow Americans. May your harvests be bountiful and your families be happy. 🇺🇸

[@snoringcat442]

Not Amish, but I grew up in the country in Indiana. We had horses and a couple cows, chickens, dogs, cats, planted a garden. 6 of us kids, we had chores, we had to mow with a push mower. We hung clothes on the line to dry, they always smelled so wonderful!! We pulled weeds canned veggies in the summer, it was good.

[@mje-d7v]

You just described my early life-only Minnesota style. I was also one of six. Not Amish either but similar. Even an old outhouse (not enjoyable).

[@anthonymonnier1494]

Been there done that Dad grew up during the great depression I remember the reel type mowers with those heavy cast iron wheels we had a credit card only to be used in an emergency we only paid with cash

[@louisech1963]

Love the smell of sheets that were dried on a chilly day.

[@Jen-CelticWarrior]

Yes! 😊 And imagine how many people have never experienced that. 😕 They don’t know what they’ve missed.

[@suzizuki]

i still hang out my sheets & blankets weather permitting

[@june3420]

Just don't let them freeze. I remember doing that once or twice. 😂

[@ItsKentuckyNaNasLife]

❤🫶🏻❤️

[@cc1k435]

Just not the coldness of them. 😂

[@joyfullee5522]

This is exactly how I was raised. Such a simple and healthy life. Now I know why my spirit resonates so much with simple country living. So organic and peaceful.

[@geraldinemcguire1698]

Not Amish, but switched to hand washing all my clothes and linens. The clothes get cleaner. The routine is relaxing. Your nails stay clean, even after heavy gardening, hand washing clothes leaves you with hygienically clean hands as well. Keeps sickness at bay.😊

[@Laura-xy7td]

Uses much less water and electricity too. I’m joining you in leaving washing machine

[@honesty8040]

❤

[@janelast5177]

I agree with you.

[@helengren9349]

What about sickness of your joints...shoulders, wrists...One needs to think further down the line, being 80, & having good quality of life... blessings 🙏🕊️🌟

[@ivoryowl]

@@helengren9349 That's a good point. On one hand, physical activity is good for the health but one also has to remember this kind of manual labor is very tiring and that is why it's a community effort. Growing old among the Amish means you have a family to pick up the slack, whereas city folks have smaller families and some even grow into their twilight years alone. Straining your body this way might prove detrimental in the long run if you don't know your limits.

[@Blurb777]

This is how I still wash my clothes at times (I used to do it all the time - even with all those diapers from my babies) - and I'm not Amish. It actually helps prolong the strength and usability of the clothing. I will never, ever give up my trusty washboard.

[@sherryduva5263]

I love my cloths line, air is free

[@BethCatt-jq6xi]

Amen, I grew up hanging clothes out on a clothes line, or in out upstairs bedroom

[@ItsKentuckyNaNasLife]

Smells n feels so good to lay down in at night too ❤🫶🏻❤️❣️

[@lovelife7343]

Great to do if you can . But if you have severe allergies it's a no go.

[@jinimurray4090]

@@lovelife7343why? Research Barbara O’neil /allergies. Natural is always better If allergies then need to build up auto immune. - check what you’re eating. Most foods today are designed to make you sick so $$$$$$$$ (doctors medicine …)

[@deedee46x]

For now! 😂

[@letinhsong8024]

I have had to do laundry by hand several different periods of my life, and I do not enjoy it!!! it’s very hard, especially ringing out the clothes. I admire these women, who have to do it for entire decades of their lives!!! And yes, probably not a flabby arm on a lot of them!!!

[@lovefortruth3414]

I've done it, down in a creek...I didn't mind it too much because it was the only big chore I did on that day...took 2 buckets with me to carry wet laundry bag k to the house to center the eright. It was hard at furst, but made me stronger. They would hang on the line outside, and ea h time something was almost dry, I would bring it in to hang it on the line inside. As clothes dried on the inside line, they'd be folded and put away to leave room for more clothes to be brought in. I spent only 1 day actually doing the laundry, ut the rest of the next few days would just be tending to the lines. There was something about having laundry hanging outside that just felt so refreshing. I still prefer a washing machine, but I LOVE the freshness of line drying

[@Rose-nx5fd]

I'm 65 years old. I have been living in NJ for 37 years with all the comfort of modern life. An interesting fact, is that I grew up in Brazil doing laundry this exact way. It feels like so long ago! I like the modern way better. I remember, all my fingers used to get open sores from rubbing the clothes to get it clean.😢

[@jerisharpe906]

Laundry dried outside is the greatest. Growing up without a dryer & outside drying is the greatest smell in the world.

[@SimpleSolutions2024]

The Amish truly have mastered simplicity and sustainability. Loved this video!

[@margaretvanson3601]

We had a copper in the wash house. It was set in a concrete structure with a space for a wood fire underneath the actual copper bowl. The fire was lit, and the bowl filled with water and soap flakes added and melted. The clothes were added and stirred around. When the time was right, the clothes were extracted with long wooden poles and dropped into cold water to rinse. From there they went through the arm-operated ringer into another sink full of cold water. Back through the ringer and then onto the clothesline. How come I know all this? I remember doing it on Saturday as a child, for our family of 6 in the early 1950s. We lived on a remote farm in new zealand. We had no electricity until the power lines reached our house in the late 60s.

[@lindacowles756]

Reminds me of "A Christmas Carol" where the Cratchit children whisked Tiny Tim off to the wash house "that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper."

[@JadeLeaf1980]

I haven’t dried clothes or bedding in a drying machine since I got this house 15 years ago. I air dry every item. Inside if it’s cold and damp, outside if it’s nice and sunny. The amount of money it saves is insane. Not just on electricity but in how long the clothes last. Because I don’t put clothes in a dryer and everything hangs, I also never need to iron anything so I’m also saving time, energy and electricity costs there too. Hanging the stuff definitely hurts my back but it doesn’t take long to do (you kind of get into a routine) and it’s worth the benefits. I could get a dryer if I wanted but I’ve just chosen not to. I like doing some things the way my family did before modern appliances were widely available. Sometimes the classic ways work the best.

[@deborahgeorge3238]

In Australia, most people hang their clothes outside to dry. Electricity is very expensive unless you have solar panels. A family around the corner from me uses a dryer and they have solar panels. Their bill is more than ours still for the same period of time. I hang our clothing out and in winter, over a heater vent. Works so well.

[@JadeLeaf1980]

@ sometimes the old ways are absolutely the best. There’s something nice about line dried clothes too, they feel and smell nicer, plus it gives you an excuse to be out and get some fresh air. I live in Scotland so we get a lot of windy weather which makes drying good if the rain stays off lol. Great for sheets and towels 😂

[@maitabasa7693]

Until the age of 31 when I left my home country for Europe, we did laundry by hand, we had huge special outdoor sinks, we even washed blankets by hand by feet, get in the sink & stomp on with your feet then hung them on the line in the sun to dry and they did within 2hrs. With good weather you can do anything outdoors. We washed dishes by hand too, and used a special brush to sweep the dusty yard. I hate washing machines they don't wash like a good old hand wash😅. Sometimes I soak clothes in the bath, wash them then just rinse and spin in a washing machine for 14mins, that's energy saved and a good workout for me 😊

[@terri348]

My grandmother always used a huge container of water, bar soap and a wringer before hanging clothes on the line. My mom, although using an electric washing machine, insisted outdoor hanging clothes always smelled the best, so she refused a dryer.

[@lynne2774]

My Grandmother in the uk taught me all this and how to starch handkerchiefs table cloths, serviettes and sometimes pillow cases. We were taught the basics at school too.

[@Pam-tx5zd]

Yes we did too. Home economics taught us about caring for sick people, how to lay table, how to wash and iron. I was dumbfounded when my daughter in law washed glassware last because bubbles marked the glasses. They came out filthy. I said wash them first in clean dishwater and rinse in cold, it was what we got taught st school. It was the only advise I gave as she taught my granddaughters how to wash up. Other than that I kept out of it.

[@lynne2774]

@Pam-tx5zd very wise, watching a friend pile everything into a washing up bowl all together including glasses in a heap always made me cringe. It's difficult to tell adults how to do a simple chore without being insulting.

[@barbaraferron7994]

You can line dry clothes in the winter. They sort of freeze dry. They come off the line all stiff as you stack them in the basket but the soften up as soon as they get warm.

[@Laura-xy7td]

Readers Digest used to publish a book titled , “ Back to Basics “. Excellent reference/ how to manual .

[@brendajefferson5984]

Not Amish but I’ve hand washed my clothing for about six years and hang them out to dry. I was raised with washboards, tin tubs and wringer washing machines. When deciding to go back to handwashing it was so easy but I do miss the lye soap we used back in the day. The sunshine really whitens my whites and I love the smell.

[@carolynmorris7303]

I hang my laundry to dry outside. In the winter I hang it to dry outside too, but when the laundry gets dry enough I bring it in and hang it on the shower rod where the heat vent is to finish drying it.

[@newdimension4731]

I remember the washing machine we had with the rollers... that was the fun part to pass the wet clothes through them than hang them on the line. Ah the 70's I surely miss them

[@hoboonwheels9289]

I still remember being careful not to break buttons in the rollers.

[@Gena777-r95]

Yes we had one when I was a child. I had an aunt by marriage, poor lady got her hair caught up in the ringer one time and it was pulling her hair through it. Someone was finally able to stop it. That was our first lesson on how unsafe they could be

[@PurpleReign1401]

Bless them. Just watching them is making the arthritis in my hands hurt and my screwed up shoulders ache.

[@AprilCassise]

I have 2 old fashion washer !! wouldn’t trade them for nothing …. I love it … it dose all the work … I’ve been line drying our laundry for pass 7 years all of our cloths and bedding…. In summer and in the winter all year long … I have family of 7 and I just watch the weather and wait for right day to do all my laundry !!and I start early and by around 8:30 am all my laundry outside on line …. My laundry day gos by pretty fast too !!! I feel like in summer months my laundry dryers way faster than a dryer ….

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

Hey, I am proud to say that I ONLY have a "Solar Dryer" for my clothes...and loving it! Best investment so far, saves me lots of money on electricity!

[@LanieVella]

This is one of the most interesting videos Ive watched on youtube. I have adhd so my attention span is really short but I watched the whole thing 😅

[@blondek767]

I use a regular washer/dryer for all my clothes, except quilts and coats/jackets, I hang them outside on a nice day, early so they get a full day of sun. Oh, they smell so good!

[@sarahporter9541]

I grew up in the African outback..had a gas powered wringer washer..hung a lot of clothes...outside..and in the attic during wet season. Also got my scrawny arm sucked into the wringer..squeeeeled till mom came to the rescue!

[@hollylaws3110]

No matter where I live I always scope out the best place in my yard for the clothesline. My great grandmother, my grandmother & my mother have always had a clothesline. They had a clothesline longer that electricity has been available in this neck of America; western NC.

[@suzizuki]

we hung the clothes in the basement in the winter..and clothes washed in spring water are so soft and no static

[@emmsue1053]

Nothing like fresh laundry off the line and brought in the house, especially if its been frosty.. The little boy cutting the grass reminded me of myself. It was my Sunday chore, especially in summer!

[@marcelleharris8715]

This is how a lot of folks in the caribbean or west indies do their laundry too. Clothes were clean and lasted longer. The smell of sun dried clothes. Tide can't competel

[@sharongarrison8328]

My grandmother had a wringer washing machine but it was electric. She didn't have running water so she caught rain water and also used water from a well.

[@kleineroteHex]

all my laundry gets hung out year round pretty much, but I do appreciate my modern washing machine!

[@suzizuki]

i got fed up with repair cost, got a mini washer for 139$ from walmart..so glad i did, spins them almost dry..20 min in dryer and poof! wow..i will not get a big one again..

[@kleineroteHex]

@suzizuki had my previous washer for 25 years, 2 repairs, then it died. Wanted another Bosch but what I had is no longer made. They are all huge now. Settled for a ??, smaller model. It does the job but it's not the same. How many pairs of jeans and sheets go in a mini washer? I don't use my dryer, I want the fresh air and sun smell.

[@suzizuki]

@@kleineroteHex i can do 8lbs..6 prs of jeans, a full set of sheets, a puffy jacket..at first i used it to just spin from the wash in the big washer..then it died..so the spinner was so great..1700rpm...the clothes almost dry and if i line dry maybe an hr & a half hanging..but for 139$ im thrilled...2 guys came to fix the old one..kenmore..for 150$ house call, for sure it was the motor..500$, still not right so i call again..for sure its the clutch..they didnt bother to notice the new clutch..so i told them they were lousy..and left a bad review.. i shoulda looked for a handyman not a repair shop..they are the best scammers

[@kleineroteHex]

@suzizuki I was blessed with a decent repairman for sure! And as time passes they get more expensive and less knowledgeable! I need to look into that little thing of yours!

[@kleineroteHex]

@@suzizuki is it the zeny portable mini????

[@dale3404]

My grandmother had a ringer washer for my grandpa’s denim overalls. They were so thick that, without the wringer, they’d take forever to dry. She had a regular washer for other clothes. There was a dryer and a clothes line in the basement as well as a clothes line outside.

[@joneal8360]

I have a dryer. However, most times I love hanging my clothes to dry outside. It makes them all smell so fresh. The sun bakes bacteria out of the children's clothes.

[@traveling25]

I do have a washer & dryer...but in nice weather I like to hang clothes on lines outside, especially the sheets.

[@t.h.8475]

I own a washer and dryer but I always have a clothes line where I live. I've had the umbrella type, the T type with 4 lines on it and if all else fails string lines between trees. On rainy days the Amish in our community hang their laundry on a covered porch.

[@cc1k435]

I grew up on a farm in the midwest. My neighbors had an old wringer washer, and it worked really well, actually. ❤

[@robertgortoniii9583]

We've always had wringer washers and clothes hung outside to dry. Bedsheets dried outside makes for a beautiful night sleep.

[@maureenbrown6610]

I spent a lot of time using a mangle/wringer in the late 1960’s until we could afford to buy a new twin tub. While I don’t miss mangling I still wish I had a twin tub to do my washing, it was all done in a day instead of having to wash every day. It definitely was more economical of water, soap and electricity!!

[@lindadenneypu6315]

I loved my old twin tube one of the best machines ever

[@grandam195]

In winter you still hang the clothes on the line. Once they freeze solid you shake them to dislodge the ice and snow, if any, and bring them inside and they are super soft and clean, smell wonderful and dry very fast. Since most of the water turned to ice and you left that outdoors. I am old and as a young housewife we were too poor to even go to the laundromat. Done lots of hand laundry and still do on occasion. I do have an electric spinner to remove most of the water. My babies diapers were white and clean and soft. So winter laundry you just have to dodge inside to warm up a bit and go back out. I done lots of laundry in the bathtub with a washboard and plunger for agitation. Still got a plunger just for use in a bucket. Got a washing machine, but it broke down and I had to fix it. Had the hand laundry set up for back up.

[@dianebryant4684]

I buy there soap, and I love it. The bars are big, and you can use them for EVERYTHING.

[@graceygrumble]

Most people in the world hang out their washing when the weather is dry.

[@hoboonwheels9289]

Its pretty rare due to the man made "wildfires".

[@graceygrumble]

@@hoboonwheels9289 I can honestly say that I have never worried about my laundry being engulfed by a wildfire.

[@krob9145]

That's true, in places all over the world you can find clothes drying on the line/airer. I recall my grandparents had an outside wash sink. Some outside sinks had built in washboards. My grandmother had a washing machine but she had a habit of hand washing everything before putting it in her washing machine. My great grandmother had a bleacher in the yard. It was a frame where clothes get spread out to get the sun rays. If you didn't have a bleacher you could just spread clothes on a handy bush or three 😊

[@graceygrumble]

@@krob9145 I have a tumble dryer - it's been working for 36 years, I sh** you not - but, from spring to autumn I'm going to hang out the washing, weather permitting. I'm like the Amish... with a back-up plan.

[@RoseMiller-xh5ei]

@@graceygrumble Yes, I hang my clothes out to dry as often as possible, but sometimes do use my dryer. But the real back-up during the winter is since there's a wood stove in the basement - that's where the clothes dry.

[@lizevans5559]

My mom never had a dryer or an automatic washer when we were kids. I have fond memories of running out to cather in the clothes on the line if it started raining. In the winter we called it freeze drying cause we hung them out until they were flopping in the wind😊 we weren't Amish but back then that's how you did it.😊

[@michelledesgroseilliers2956]

My grandmother used a ringer washer well into the 1980s and hung her laundry out on the line.

[@baa-v3v]

My Granny had a wringer, the washing tub was heated by the coal fire, and that was in 1976 In the UK. When I got married, everything we owned was second hand, apart from out bed, I found our living room furniture in a very sorry state at the back of a house our friends were moving into. It was solid wood, (variety not known) but my husband was a carpenter, he did laugh at me, but he restored it (dated from the very early 20th century) I remember when I was having the cushions made, the chap who came to measure was so taken aback, he thought I had gone mad and should buy new, not waste our hard earned pennies, he and his wife delivered the cushions, he was utterly speechless, the end result was a 1910 solid livingroom suit that looked like we had bought it brand new, that was 1982, and today it is still as good as new. There is a saying, where there is will, there is always a way

[@devisqevani8550]

Thank you very much for these jewels 🙏

[@paulineiqbal5948]

Wash boards is an American term. In Britain they were called "Dolly Boards". These were regularly used by housewives in Britain. The "ringle" was called a "mangle". In Britain.

[@Michigander-m2p]

I even made up a song "she strengthens her arms for the tast set before her, beautiful woman the wife if a King" from Proverbs 31

[@Lifted11]

This Englisher here will one day visit an Amish community 😊

[@hollylaws3110]

I love my electric washing machine, but I'm grateful that I have the knowledge of doing laundry without electricity. I want a washboard.

[@Trentz2]

4:52 there are easier alternatives. In Asia we handwashing clothes without any cranking machine. It’s easier, faster, cleaner and doesn’t damage clothing. It’s how people have been doing for millennia. For squeezing water out, you have two hands. Of course one advantage most Asians have is it’s mostly a tropical country. So we don’t have to worry about cold water, standing out in the cold when washing and of course the sun, it dries, sanitizes and crisps the clothes.

[@leewood729]

My very non-Amish grandmother had an outdoor washer and wringer for doing laundry she used right up to her death in the 1970s...

[@kathygreer2097]

My mother used a ringer washer almost her whole life. I learned to help at a young age. It was electric, but that ringer could be dangerous.

[@barbaraferron7994]

I have tried many methods of hand washing using a wash board plungers brown soap but I found that modern electric washing machines get clothes a whole lot cleaner.

[@Grrrrrrr123]

I love hanging out my washing! Roll on Summer ❤

[@The26436320]

Very nice video! Love the narration 😊What about ironing?

[@DesertLove-y3g]

New to this channel. I live in the desert but I WILL FIND A WAY to have a more Amish “like” home.

[@VV-xy8dj]

Not Amish, but my grandma still used her wringer washer in the 70s and 80s when inwas a kid.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

I remember doing laundry this way when I was young at both grandma's houses. That was late 1950's-early 60's. btw ... My ancestors were Amish till about the Civil War timeframe.

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

Hi I always wash clothes I just took off for my shower! NO PILE UPS THANK YOU VERY MUCH!😮

[@NoCoffeeForYou]

I have both a clothesline and a dryer. Hi from Australia

[@Texes7777]

No television makes lots of children

[@carolynmorris7303]

My washing machine broke, and for a while I did my laundry by hand. That's one thing I don't want to go without a washing machine, even if it's the old fashioned wringer one. My Grandma had the old fashioned wringer washing machine. Add agitated the clothes, and then she fed it through the ringer, and that she hung her laundry in the basement. My dryer broke too, and I hang my laundry outside. I don't mind hanging my laundry, but I don't want a hand wash my laundry.

[@MyFungal]

Not only the Amish have dried on a clothes line grandma did this all the time

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

I still have my grandparents old ringer. Yes must be careful with the wringer.

[@kathygreer2097]

I live in NW PA in a large Amish community. I don’t know each Amish’s washing routine but few have wash houses. They do hang clothes outside, as do I, spring, summer and fall. I feel bad for them on those cold, rainy days when I see clothes hanging in the rain. Glad for my dryer. BTW the clothes shown near the beginning aren’t Amish. No Amish would wear anything that bright. 😊

[@t.h.8475]

Hoosier here, none of the Amish in our community wear bright colored clothing but I know each Amish community has their own rules and standards.

[@cynthiacruz1119]

My husband converted to evangelical Mennonites out of Canada and served as a missionaries in Mexico after we married. The cleanest to dirtiest method saves water bcz I reused the soapy and rinse waters many times. Only did i toss the dirtiest water after it was dirtier than the next batch of clothes. Just move the first wooden horse to the end of the line and place a tub of clean water on it 🥴. I also hauled our water in two #14 (14 liters) buckets several years. Life is simpler. We have moved several times. My husband has each time, builtme, now in the U.S, a concrete-block, wash station with ribbed scrubbing areas and a large reservoir for water. 😊

[@ILikeBigCatsAndICannotLie]

Drying indoors depending on the air or outdoors in smoky conditions may not allow clothes to smell fresh after drying.

[@Michigander-m2p]

I used my rinse water for the next wash water too

[@bluedarkness7125]

I do use washer biweekly and most of them went on a line. I usually use dryer for bedding or pet. So I only use dryer once or twice per month. Four to six loads per month for washer.

[@ye2483]

Oh that's pretty hard I remember how my mom would use wash board and then hang all the clothes outside and if it's winter time then all clothes get "frozen" that's how I described when I was a kid. I saw that plenty times enough and it's not fun ,it's hard work and I'm so grateful I live in this country and have washer and dryer and dishwasher etc..

[@thatvampirelorraine]

Heck darn growing up in Scottish Highlands i used that up till i was 20 odd

[@lindadenneypu6315]

2 big clothes lines and 2 pullout ones in the garage 6 airers and i have an incontinent child i swear by my wash board for scrubbing dirty clothes and linean i also have abig water tank connected to my house gutters and i bucket water into the washer good exercise and saves alot of money as the first wash part of ya machine takes the most water

[@Libbie25]

Imagine this..if the whole world was Amish..there would be no war, live in harmony and the world will breath in an organic way.

[@deborahwilkerson8103]

If they had TV they would’ve watched Gilligan’s Island and they would know that they could build a bike attachment for the agitator and use their legs for a total body workout.

[@bethr8756]

Please get these people electrity and washing machines!

[@kallasusort2986]

All is great outside in the warm weather - what about freezing weather and rain?

[@carolynmorris7303]

The thing about the Amish is but I never met at Amish that smells funky or was it and clean clothes.

[@janetbusener6326]

The amish can enjoy warm weather while teaching Southerners how to live off grid. 😊

[@IronMike-f8i]

SOUTHENERS DO NOT. CARE.

[@WhatIsthatASMR]

Great tips

[@marleestraup8449]

Good for them. I am keeping my dryer.

[@PinkySingh-tu2yw]

Sustainable life style ❤❤❤❤

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

wtf is wrong with people and clothes? lol...seventy f'n items per person??!! even when i worked everyday, i had two pairs of pants, five shirts, ten socks, a bra and a sweatshirt....when i did office work, i had two skirts, two shirts, two pairs of slacks, and two pairs of panty hose...in the marine corps, i had two sets of utilities...washed those together every other week! now that i'm retired, i have 3 outfits...one for yard work, one for yoga, a nightgown or robe, and a sweatshirt depending on the season! one load a week and air dried ... i bet we could fix climate change if we just got rid of laundry lol...*climate change is a hoax but making a point!

[@ayerimlopez5982]

Since my washing machine stopped working I had to hand wash my clothes because I don’t have that much too clean most off my clothes I’ll leave in a bucket of water for awhile some stains are hard too take but if pour hydro peroxide on it let it set it takes it out. There’s only one stain that a challenge I think a shirt that has mayo/mustard on it and it’s on my work uniform

[@karolinakiczynska2838]

Wonderful techniques and descriptions, but what can a person born and raised in a big city, no-balcony flat can do? ;) I have a washing machine and I still struggle with laundry due to lack of space. Ofc one can try and prepare more sustainable soap and stain remover.

[@USNBLUE]

Pollen allergies can’t dry my clothes outside during spring and fall.

[@ThomasLeonard454]

They are awesome people.

[@georgiafrye2815]

Not to their horses they treat them like a machines. No secret they run puppy mills.

[@cindychesna829]

@@georgiafrye2815I agree. They are just terrible to their animals. Look up Colby’s Rescue

[@suzizuki]

it was always the whites first, then the towels then colors

[@MoMsie.]

I’m not Amish but I still dry my clothes outside on the pulley line. They smell so fresh!

[@Michigander-m2p]

I used a washboad made out of cement in mexico, and believe me , 1atch your nails and nuckles because they are brutal on them

[@kerryjames6312]

I dont own a dryer i hang clean close to dry out on the clothes line up high or in winter on drying racks near window

[@Pam-tx5zd]

Poss tub and poss stick. Thats what we used as poor golk thst couldnt afford an electric washing machine until my aunt gave us her old one

[@Mommapunkin]

Amish people treat their animals like crap, if they took care of their animals like their laundry it would be amazing...

[@judyberes-wright5008]

My grandmother had one of those that used electricity from the 1930s.

[@vernonbowling5136]

Non Amish are called English .

[@lauren6889]

As the narrator says in the video, yes

[@parrotafrica2996]

😅! I have washed by hand be for we had washing machine ! Never again 😢

[@Michigander-m2p]

I used to just wash my clothes in the bathtub wring them out by had and drip dry them

[@sylviaturner3480]

My dryer runs on wind and solar !