How I Wash Clothes Off Grid

[@Brokenoregon]

That is absolutely amazing! I watched this with my grandmother and her face lit up with excitement as she told me her mother had the same ringer when she was a kid. Thank you for this. 🥰

[@RainCountryHomestead]

That made me smile!

[@rebelrog]

Learn all you can from your grandmother while you still can! Mine are gone now and I really regret not asking them a million more questions when I could have. Specifically, I'd ask her about gardening and canning, I bet she knows a lot. Don't be like me when I was young and think those days will never come again. They are coming. Learn all you can from her while you still can. I'd suggest recording it also to show your kids and grand kids someday. They'll enjoy seeing their great grandma and if you're like me, you'll cry all the way through it missing her. God bless you both!

[@horselady4375]

Me to!

[@desertcandle1]

My dryer stopped working so I setup a line under my porch and carport. This was 2 years ago and have decided this works fine and have not replaced my dryer. I need to setup an off grid washing system like yours. Best part of solar drying is that I save hundreds of dollars by not using an electric dryer.

[@jojow8416]

As a child I helped my mother as she used her wringer washer and then hanging the clothes on the line. This bought me so much joy and I horrify my neighbors that I still hang clothing on the line. Dear Heidi, I don't know how you find the time to everything you do. you have the same energy that my mother had. Right up until she passed to her eternal life, she had more energy than anyone I knew. Thank you for this inspiration. Keep safe and healthy.

[@patwagner9308]

I love the look of your old-fashioned washer, too ! I'd enjoy using that method if I was younger....but my bad back would never cooperate these days. However! I hang our laundry to dry outdoors most of the year. During Winter, I hang it indoors in our upstairs back bedroom. We have a suspended ceiling in that room from which I can hang hangers. I also have 4 racks & an over-the-door rack. I run the ceiling fan to create air movement. I haven't owned a dryer for 27 years.

[@songofruth]

When I was a child, a neighbor lady had one of those old wringer washing machines. She'd wash a load, wring the clothes out, drain the machine and fill with clean water to rinse that load. She'd then leave the rinse water in the machine and use it as the water for the next wash load.

[@micajahsmom]

I just love this setup. I use a five gallon bucket and a hand agitator to do all my laundry. My grandma had double zinc tubs with built in washboards. She had a 1952 maytag round washer with the ringer setup and I loved helping her every week. I love doing my wash by hand but its just me so it isn't too hard.

[@nightowl2481]

Your husband and you are such a great team! So cool

[@CarolineAkwi]

Marriage made in heaven! Abba protect your family.

[@traceylouisebooth1810]

I DO ALL HAND WASHING, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WRINGER/MANGLE FOR MANY YEARS AND STILL HAVEN'T FOUND ONE. I HAVE FREINDS WHO KEEP NAGGING AT ME TO GET A WASHER MACHINE, BUT I ENJOY WASHING BY HAND, I HAVE A WASH BOARD, AND A TOILET PLUNGER ON A LONG STICK ALWAYS LOVE YOUR TIPS THANKS FOR SHAREING GOD BLESS YOU. ❤️

[@hollyhock3945]

Thanks for the info. I am trying to up my preparedness skills.

[@shirleywilliams2448]

Love your wash area. It’s beautiful. I love fresh sheets off the line.

[@ohioladybug7390]

I just love this. We’re still hurrying to get our new homestead ready for winter for the new ducks and chickens but hoping to have my hubby make one of these for me. What a blessing to have such a perfect valance on hand! Don’t you just love when it works out like that?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes! While it has been more work and taking up more of my time, I LOVE being able to have this back up. To me it takes less time and is of course less cost than having to run to the laundromat

[@stef1lee]

This is the exact same set up I have and it is amazing. I have my wringer on a hinge so I can swing it right and wring my rinsed clothes out right into a laundry basket. It's so nice. I collect rain water and it stays hot in Southeast Texas during the summer months to use for washing and use my hose to fill my rinse bucket.

[@ms.docileone]

i had an electric wringer washer for a couple years, the brushes on the motor were near the end of their useful life so i often had to clean the carbon off to get it working again (lol) but i've never found any other machine that could get the clothes more clean! lost a few buttons but well worth learning how to use!

[@brendafalk5162]

Heidi, you make work sound like fun. You are such a blessing!

[@sweaterdoll]

That's the same baffle our new local friend gave me at his yard sale last week. Gosh, 30 years ago, I had an old metal one from Lehman's (before they sold the plastic ones) but it wasn't nearly as good as this one. I think I'm the only person in this town, other than the Amish outside of town, who always hangs their washing on a clothesline. I always have. What a great lesson on how to do laundry in the old way.

[@jamesmanley9521]

I love the agitator I used for years. The wringer is priceless

[@glendabyford8074]

I washed cloths with a washboard and a wringer first years! And I so loved it!! It was a lot of work but like you there was a calmness about it!! I still have my washboard and wringer and have used it many times when the electric washed quit. I can say this if it happens again I will go back to nothing but my hand washing!

[@lauram.511]

Wow! 💯Excellent video, you covered everything that's needed to know! Thank you!❤ This just popped up, & is an answer to my prayer for the best way to wash clothes off grid. I'm going to share it, send it to my husband's email. 👍

[@veracampbell9583]

Mr Rain is such a great handyman. I love your setup. Heidi I got my order today and I’m so thankful. Thank you for the information you sent with it. I will be ready for spring now. God bless y’all Heidi.

[@Esther-1914]

My mom had a ringer-washing machine and I have used it. It was great! I love what you do with the wash tubs and the separate ringer. between the two tubs. Very functional system..😃👍

[@gardengrowinmawmaw8642]

I keep dirt cheap shampoo on hand to treat the oily stains. Works wonders! Also gets auto grease off my husband's hands after working on our car. It's a lot cheaper than dish detergent, and works just as well.

[@grlnexdoorable]

Especially using a toothbrush.

[@maggiereese1053]

I have the antique version of your wash stand with a mangel and two wash tubs. Two years ago, my electric washer broke down. I used the antique, non electric version for 3 months. The only reason I have a new electric washer is my son came home for Christmas and saw how I was washing clothes and came home from a trip to town with a new washing machine for me as a Christmas present. I was not planning on replacing the electric machine, we have had 3 in the past ten yearsand, I am tired of cheap, crappy appliances. I also found that the antique set up got our clothes cleaner. I have the antique plunger type agitator and a scrub board which work so much better. Seriously, out of curiosity, I put a couple of my t shirts freshly washed in the electric machine into the antique set up and agitated them for ten minutes. The water was seriously dirty ! On my antique stand, the part Patrick made out of sheet metal to direct the water from the wringer into the tubs, is made of wood and it pivots to funnel the water into either tub needed. I thought that was ingenious.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I have found the same thing, the wash water is pretty dirty from the things I have been washing in my front load Maytag. I use a lot more water this way but feel I am getting the clothes cleaner.

[@elizabethcope1502]

I had a manual dial electric washer. I put clothes in small wash cycle as prewash. I only left cloths to wash around 5mins. Then I moved dial to spin nasty water out. Short rinse, then spin out. Started over on regular size wash & let it cycle through. I had a really nasty job. I really do not like digital washer. I have a backup laundry set up like Heidi's. God bless.

[@robertlavigne6560]

Thank you Heidi for bringing back the memories of helping my Nana and my mom use the ringer washer. One time I really thought I was helping my mom and tossed my red socks into her whites. Yes, you guessed that right, everything turned pink. My dad was very upset having to wear pink underwear! This is Robert's better half, Debbie.

[@janefromthecountry1820]

I am feeling guilty because I use a typical washer most Americans use. I need to start hanging up wash in basement to dry and skip dryer. I enjoyed this video. 👍🥰

[@ttandme69]

I can recall my Great Grandmother using the old ringer and washing machine. I recall my brother standing too close and his shirt tail got caught up in the ringer and he was struggling to get his shirt off as I was no help because I was laughing too hard. Oh, the great memories.

[@bonniehatcher8198]

Your the best girlfriend! Thank you for your inspiration!

[@DebiB62]

I had thought about getting one of these but I hadn't thought about a wringer messing up the buttons! I don't have a lot of buttons on my clothes but I definitely have them on my uniforms for work. If I lived where I had a lot of space, I think I might develop a setup with a bike-powered spin dry machine to use the same centrifugal force a machine washer does but run it with the bike.

[@hidebehind2604]

Good looking set up, great Gramps old wringer washer died so he did as you have with wringers by handbcrank. He put board with multiple hand made agitator holed. Been looking for the dowel ad board accordian sale dryer.

[@26skogen]

I have a system like your too. I was washing clothes on my deck and some kids walking by asked what I was doing. I had them each go home and get one clothing item and when they came back I showed them how to wash clothes without a washing machine. They were fascinated.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

At some point I will have to do that with my grandchildren. It will be a fun project to teach them once they are old enough :)

[@26skogen]

@@RainCountryHomestead they will be amazed that this is how people used to wash clothes. Good for you teaching them.

[@harveypost1841]

I remember early 1950s mother had the electric washer with the rollers .hook up to sink for water then drain back Into sink.i enjoyed watching mother didn't curse.outside on clothes line.also remember coal delivery, dad hav to get up in night stoke the furnace.did he swear not a swearing man but not happy.urs a form of jazzercise feel the burn.

[@sharondowling9170]

I enjoyed this SO much! Keep up it up! Thanks SO much!

[@audreynanapreps2543]

When I was a child, I'm 73, my grandma caught a very delicate part of her anatomy in the wringer. Boy was she mad!

[@ragnarmjolnir9654]

I was 5 and we went from Tx. to Ohio where my dads from. Ringer washer on granparents porch. Yeah, hillbillies. I was fascinated by the ringer, for some reason. Well.....got some fingers in that thing. Jus like Forrest Gump, Iz a idiot😂🤣😜🙃. Took afew min of hollerin, to no avail, for me to reverse the motion and free my butt. Lost all my fascination with that monster👍✌

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Ouch!

[@lauraburruss2217]

My grandma ran her old finger through her treddle sewing machine. Yep had to reverse it to remove the needle from her finger. That woman was SO TOUGH!

[@louiseswart1315]

My mom had a little electric Hoover single tub washer with a wringer when I was little. She was very happy to have kept it longer than she thought she would need it when we had to move to a rental house with very low ampage on the DB, making her fully automatic impossible to use. I got scolded my fair share for breaking buttons in that wringer! 😂

[@brightstarr57]

That is so cool! Patrick can do everything! 👍👍👍👍

[@elewmompittseh]

For many years we lived in a town that didn't allow washing machines because there was no town sewer system (everything was cesspool...so we washed everything in the bathtub with a plain plunger. I wish I had this setup. It was long before internet, and no one local knew about hand washing, and no local stores sold wringers. Most people would drive 1/2 hour to the closest laundromat once or twice a month.

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

You are amazing. Thank you for blessing us with the wealth of knowledge you have!

[@graftedbranchhomestead]

My washer just broke and really wanting to cut as much reliance on power as possible because well.... 2024. Thank you so much! Have a great day

[@poetmaggie1]

My mother had a device similar, here’s must have been Bought, for laundry when I was little, the tubs were also our bath tubs. It was replaced with an electric wringer, and finally a modern washer like we now use. No drain holes in tub, sewer at first either.

[@catslove3884]

I wash my toilet wipes in a Rubbermaid basin, agitating with a small sink sized plunger, wring them out in a salad spinner, then hang to dry. I love doing things the old way. The only time I use my dryer is for towels. I'm on my own so no big deal, no one can complain.

[@rhondawelker6742]

Thank you, Heidi. It’s interesting that you put this video up. I’ve been thinking about your set up a lot recently along with your laundry soap. 😃

[@apriloverstreet2174]

I line dry my laundry all the time. We love the fresh scent from line drying. I've been wanting an alternative for washing. Really appreciate the video.

[@nancymweasel6561]

I have had to scrub clothes on a scrubboard many times. When I was training race horses we used a "Chinaman" as they were advertised to clean leg bandaging & saddle clothes, etc. You called it an Agitator. A wringer washer was helpful even if it didnt work as we could still clean barn things.

[@cookingprincess327]

My mother washed clothes off grid like this while I grew up.

[@suzibee2156]

What a great system! Thank you for sharing!!! I absolutely hate my washer and would love to do this…I saw another video with a washer like yours for over $1,000.00 I was thinking that’s too much for me lol So thanks again!

[@JayJay-yz5gb]

I see. Oh! you need it with you depending on solar. We had a wringer, much bigger and different back home for a totally different use, for rubber sheet processing, in our rubber plantation! Well, in the city you just have to use your washer, although I hand wash my socks and stuff that you don’t want to get stretched out by the machine. My dryer is just sitting around starting from 2020 mostly. Thank you for sharing. Smart find and a very smart move. Praise the Lord in all things!

[@championhomestead6273]

My favorite most recent video. Thank you ☺️

[@colleenavery232]

This is wonderful! Thank you for the detail. Can't wait to see what we can find locally.

[@CeperatedSelf]

I love this. Thank you!

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

Nice setup, Heidi. I used to wash in the bath tub. I srill have rub boards! The wringer is the handy part!

[@sarahliz3448]

I have been wanting a setup like this for at least a year now. We're a family of 8 and our washer started to go last week. Off to the local antique stores I went yesterday. I found a folding wash stand with the wringer in great shape for a whole $45. I grabbed a couple of bins to finish it off at Tractor Supply. This afternoon my husband started a load of laundry in the modern machine. It just didn't have the power to agitate the load and was louder than a week ago. I brought out my new setup and put it to work. The 4 youngest kids and I spent the whole afternoon washing laundry. It came out cleaner and faster than the machine. It was such a fun chore on a hot day, we're going to keep going with it until it's too cold. After that, I'm going to have hubby make me an inside setup much like yours. I'll still get a modern machine for large items and for busy days, but I will primarily wash with the new setup. The one thing we're adding to our setup is a prewash bin. Some of our laundry gets pretty dirty, so it will be nice to have a couple kids using scrub boards to prewash some of the dirtier clothes.

[@lisalisa3652]

This is so great!

[@CFL641]

Indeed ..we had the same kind of set up ..when I was just a pup..!! My hands and arms got so cold.. And I was always soaked as much as the laundry... I hated it in the winter.. So cloths did not get washed often.. In cold and snow..

[@diannrichards581]

Hi lovely lady, very pretty and functional set up!!!

[@fallenangelwi25]

Right after the fire I was washing clothes for all 6 of us in our bathtub. I did that for a year. I would have the kids walk on the clothes and kick them around to help me agitate it lol.

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

When my washer broke down, I did them in the tub too. It was kind of fun - for a while. ☺️

[@fallenangelwi25]

@@trishthehomesteader9873 yeah it was ok for a bit but after a year I was so sick of it lol. 6 people create a lot of clothes

[@vondy4everrbd4ever24]

Beautiful

[@nosaltiesandrooshere7488]

👍 Danke für's Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading!

[@bbsbacktobasics7695]

Wow... Way to flash.. Mr Rain. I love that wash machine, Heidi. That's quite a work out your getting. Love you guys.

[@paulapjclark8928]

Excellent 😃

[@songofruth]

I have a very small bottle of Dawn in my bathroom. Before putting my clothes in the hampers, I grab the Dawn and rub a little nto any spots I may have gotten on my clothing.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yep, Dawn is the best for removing grease stains. I have tried other, more natural dish soaps I typically use but when it comes to those stains, Dawn does the best so I keep it on hand all the time.

[@jennybolt445]

Our power usually goes off of we have a storm with a lot of wind and today we just had clear skies with a bunch of wind and I got home and happily the lights were still on

[@brandyfillie8995]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! My husband watched too and it gave him some ideas. I will show him Patrick's videos too. 😁

[@jesseratcaballo5257]

That is just so cute. I love it!!

[@staceywishart9971]

Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love this design of this. It inspires me to do something similar. 😊

[@Redberryfarm888]

Great set up! Wonderful tip on how to send items through again doubled up... like the reverse of making pasta! Love those handy man types ( and women!) who know how to make things like this washing area into reality. I have a vintage (1980's is vintage, hard to believe...) top loading washer and dryer that usually work just fine, but we are needing parts that are on order. I have been doing the laundry in our bathtub using a large wash board. Hot ( even melted and heated snow water in winter when the power is out) and cold water... a built in drain... and a hanging drip dry area for shirts on hangers on the shower head, all right there. 😁 Not a big deal, until it comes to wringing out the water. UG! (These hands aren't quite what they used to be... ouch. ) So I got a nice new 'industrial' wringer that clamps onto things, and the trick is to mount it to a board that can straddle the bathtub without wobbling all over...and leaving room for the crank to move. It sure makes one appreciate all of the work involved with washing clothes and towels! (No wonder great grandma was always tired!😅 ) I have an accordion kind of drying rack that I can move by the heat, or with a fan aimed at it to dry indoors, and weather permitting they dry out on the clothesline. Perhaps I might try your set up eventually ~ I really like the rustic look. 💕

[@catslove3884]

Friends don't tell friends that 1980 was 42 years ago. Aaargh!

[@grlnexdoorable]

You can hang up a spring loaded. shower curtain rod in the center of the shower and hang clothes on hangers.

[@pamularcarter418]

God is good! Hello to you. I just love this type of thing. Some people are not going to do well when they have to figure out what to do during hard times. Not us, we just work it out.

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

I have no intention to ever use a set up like this but I feel that it’s a necessity set up to have if the electricity ever goes out for an extended period of time. I’m going to put one together just in case. Thanks for this information!

[@homesteadrewind3948]

This video bring up wonderful memories on my grandmother's front porch porch. Her ringer washer was powered by electric I will never forget getting my arm caught in it! Lol leave it to Dee to be that child! I think it scared her worse than it hurt me.

[@horselady4375]

It was entertaining as a kid in the 50's

[@BJo4230]

Shoot when I got tired of using public washing machines i started using my bathtub as a washing machine 🤣🤣🤣🤣 hardwork much respect to old ways of washing clothes. Everytime I used the public washers they were always something left behind dog hair, bleach left in a washers. It was wild the nastiness I found using public washers. I own 2 washing machines 1 twin portable washer and a wonder washer and a spinner lol. No Dyer I love clothes line drying method

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I have done the bathtub method using my feet as an agitator. I had to do this for my king sized comforters for years as they did not fit inside my washing machine

[@latriciacagle4873]

I love your set up. I just watched a video of Stacy’s off grid washing equipment and could see myself using it. I have a ringer and agitator on my Amazon wishlist. I’ll have to compare the pricing on the other washing unit. I line dry my clothes but I’m ready to switch to washing clothes manually.

[@deborahrutherford5244]

I was blessed find a James Hand washer with a ringer brand new in the box on an internet auction I won it for $22.00.

[@HOMEGROWNthang]

I want one of these soo bad! Love your channel ❤

[@lauraburruss2217]

Me too!!!!

[@sheilasmith2053]

I love that and would love to have it!!

[@bloominginplace4791]

I love this! My washer just went out due to a basement flood, not sure if I want to replace it yet or not.

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

I love this! 💖 Mike may have a new project to do. Many Blessings!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

It has been a great set up and even though I did not use it much in the first few years, it was sure a blessing to have when we did not have an electric machine for 6 weeks!

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

@@RainCountryHomestead I'll bet!

[@janeb7633]

Thank goodness for the back up. Hopefully Patrick can fix your electric washer.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

He has been working on it. He has fixed it before. It is so old now parts are getting harder to get. We ended up ordering a new one, sadly, but it was getting to be that time anyway as old as our washer was

[@margaretbass773]

Love this. I always dry outside from April to October here in Toronto, Canada! After that the clothes can freeze!

[@suzannewilson2806]

Very southern from you, but still temperatures below freezing at times. Still hang all my laundry outside. Live in the country side of town. Love the fresh smell of laundry! .

[@lovecats6856]

Calgary. I hang everything, outside or inside. Soooo relaxing.

[@grlnexdoorable]

If they freeze bring them in and beat the ice off. They will be dry.

[@cmhighway6215]

Your set up is just like mine !!! Love it. Have used mine for 15 yrs. So... got any soap recipies ?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I have a whole playlist on soap here: kzbin.info/aero/PLzVtTPDzFPKGTxug86iI4HYRA0XaBBsBK But if you want my best recipe for laundry detergent (soap free), that is here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHOXfXd4j7Gif7c

[@Thankful1998]

I saw a similar hand agitator in a Lehman's catalog.

[@Wildevis]

Great setup! I still prefer to hang my washing out, but then we do have very mild winters, never snow and occasional frost

[@RainCountryHomestead]

We rarely get snow, that is not the problem here, we get rain, lots and lots and lots of rain all winter long so hanging clothes outside is totally pointless that time of year. Our average annual rainfall is 120", we can get up to 160". This is why I have two clothes lines inside the house in front of our wood stove that have been there for about 24 years or more

[@Wildevis]

@@RainCountryHomestead Where I live in Pretoria, South Africa, we get summer rains but not loads and dry winters, so ideal laundry weather :-D otherwise I also hang clothes indoors under a ceiling fan overnight and works like a charm

[@wisewoman7906]

Anything brand new is clean enough to use or washing clothes. Even a toilet plunger. But a sink plunger is a good length.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes, I have used a sink plunger in the past when I was trying it out with a mop bucket. It worked well for that but the mop bucket did not squeeze enough water out of many of the clothes so we decided to upscale the design and I wanted a vintage agitator to go with it

[@jackeekp]

winter water-drain into a bucket and flush the toilet, cuts on water use and a small amount of electric, when I lived in one little town, we were charged for the amount of water we used, and than a bill for an equal amount of what that went into the sewage, now if your watering a garden where the water was going to the ground, we were paying a sewage bill, they would put a meter on the lines to record what didn't make the sewage(yet another bill, so it I was going to pay for sewage, saving bath water as well as wash water, cut our bill a little more

[@zebunishahajiani6925]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. GOD bless you.

[@tennesseegirl1215]

I remember my Mom doing laundry out on the back porch with the old wringer type washing machine. I still have her scrubbing board, this reminds me how old I am, but treasured memories. TFS, no grandbaby yet? Waiting to hear the news, if it's grandson or granddaughter, blessings 👶🍼

[@RainCountryHomestead]

He was born yesterday morning and he is so beautiful. Mom's labor was only 3.5 hours and went very well and little Jackson is perfect.

[@tennesseegirl1215]

@@RainCountryHomestead congratulations so proud for yall, what a blessing. Thankful all went well and Momma and baby are good. Can't wait to see him, thanks for sharing the news 🎉🎉👶🍼❤

[@michellebeebelewisfrith1544]

Thank you 😊❤️💕

[@ediemurray1692]

Ty

[@helenpetersen7174]

It looks rustic, wringer needs a stable stand so that is great. I wonder why y'all didn't just get a light weight heavy duty double utility/laundry sink with legs. Just scoot up the wringer over a plastic/steel tub and wallah easy to move, designed to drain fully, and some even have knock outs for faucet with braided supply lines. Though that one is very charming cabin look. For me light weight for moving inside and out is just more convenient. If it needs to be cute you can paint them and add baskets underneath. Though that one is very charming cabin I would use those tubs as raised planters for carrots and beets now that they have a nice drain hole in them.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Because for where we have this set up, it is the most ideal system for us

[@kleineroteHex]

an out door baking oven can be done, outdoor cooking can be done washing clothes by hand must be my least desirable things! Yes I did already, but it saves me so much time to throw it into the washing machine! Yes I hang it out or in the basement, the dryer is just a convenient box to store things on LOL And to think women would wash at the creek.... how spoiled I am! Watched a video on how laundry used to be done, how they laid all the whites out into the son and kept them wet with a long handled dipper..... And they did not wash at all during the really cold winter months, thus a large dowry was the thing to have, but oh the loads come warm weather again....

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yep, this is taking a chunk of my precious time out of each day so some things have had to go on the back burner for now, such as working on custom skirt and apron orders, or at least I can only work on them in small amounts here and there. It was either than or stop making videos for the time being

[@kleineroteHex]

@@RainCountryHomestead hey, we would understand less videos, or uncut ones :) you can just let it run while you do laundry and post the whole thing ! I don't know how you do it all on a normal work week!

[@mariannerapp411]

Having a wringer is so important. Having to wring your clothes out by hand is back-breaking work. Jeans and towels are horrendous.

[@sanspeur2372]

Imagine sheets

[@mariannerapp411]

@@sanspeur2372 Not as bad as blankets! :)

[@sanspeur2372]

@@mariannerapp411 oooooh nasty. My hand hurt just thinking about that.

[@Cheeseplease97]

Your video has been the most informative, thank you! Im researching for our future off-grid homestead with 4 small children lol needless to say there will be plenty of laundry to go round

[@chefevilee9566]

My grandmother when I was little had an electric washing machine down in her basement. It was one of those ones that suck the clothes through like crazy with the rollers. Oh I was scared to death of that device! I just watched your homemade Peppermint patty candy video! Thank you so much for that. I am definitely going to be making those soon. Like I said I can’t eat sugar so I have to figure something else out. I understood what you were saying about it needing to be in the white chocolate. I don’t think that coconut sugar is the answer? Maybe date sugar? But I’m gonna tell you what this coming week I will figure it out. I am a mint and chocolate girl through and through!!!!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Coconut sugar is ok in it but not the best for flavor. Honey is good but has a tendency to separate

[@chefevilee9566]

Rain Country Oh I haven’t made it yet but I do believe I have it figured out. I’m not going to put any sweetener in the cocoa butter, dairy milk, and vanilla portion. I’m going to put all the sweetening into the cocoa powder portion. I will use honey like you did. Now that I have quit eating sugar. Things that are only half as sweet people are really sweet to me.

[@KMF3]

I just used a double sink wash tub and washed it by hand and then put it in the other side and rinsed it by hand and then wrung it out into the other side by hand. Honestly I think that was easier than what you are describing

[@RainCountryHomestead]

It may have been, when it comes to such things, we have to do what is best for us. While I has strong arms, I have weak wrists due to dome issues during my first pregnancy so hand wringing everything is hard on them. Does not make my way wrong or the only way, it makes my way best for me, same goes for your own way

[@colleenforrest7936]

I've often wondered why mechanical washers were never upgraded to treddle power or pedal power. Mechanics made it into the workshop, why not the laundry?

[@jeanwoodall1523]

Our washing machine hasn't needed repaired so far but our dryer has. Things take days to air dry here and sometimes smell moldy. Our yard stinks of dog poop from our neighbor's dogs and it tends to be muddy and algae covered in our yard and sidewalks so I don't hang anything outside. They just let them run loose and don't clean up after them. I have some things that need to be hand washed and air dried like the two red babydoll lingerie sets I bought in September to have them in time for Lee's and my anniversary and his birthday which are both in November. I know shipping can be slow on some items and I wasn't sure they would fit my large bust (I have a 14 inch difference between my underbust measurement and the fullest part of my bust and a 15 inch difference between my bust and waist; I buy tops and dresses according to my waist size and hope they stretch enough to fit my bust too; if tops are too loose on me they make me look boxy shaped as they will hang straight down from the sides of my bust). I just use my stock pot, dish soap, and gently agitate them with just my hands. They are sheer and lacy so have to treat them delicately. To get the moisture out I gently roll them up in a towel. They do air dry much faster than other things. My favorite bra which is The Breast Nest (it gives no lift but with that there's no sweat; heat rashes there are the bane of my existence in hot weather) dries so slowly because it's a thick fabric and very stretchy. The quickest way for thicker things to air dry is to hang them underneath the ceiling fan. I guess because it circulates the air.

[@evarodriguez4319]

Try spraying pepper spray and see if dogs continue to poop there .

[@sheriwills5213]

Thank you! Very useful to know how to do this. Do you have a pattern link for your flannel skirt, please?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

One of my very first videos from over 5 years ago was making a skirt like the flannel one from an old sheet, it does not matter if it is flannel or regular cotton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5WkaaCPbMuhnLc

[@sheriwills5213]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you!

[@taliasharee0612]

This is really awesome, but after one load.... I'd be back to overly- technical wifi Samsung bc I'm lazy.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yeah, it is hard work and while I do not mind the work, it is the time it took and I had to put some projects on hold until my new washing machine finally arrived. I am grateful for this back up and that is why we have it but with how busy I am these days, my time is precious so I am also very grateful for my electric machine. :)

[@4Renee9]

Did or do you have a video actually using the wringer? Many thanks!

[@wandaarganbright4056]

Here's my question: If you have loss of electric, how do you have running water? I have a well, but the well pump is electric. Do you have a hand pump also?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

You only need electricity if you are drawing water up from a well. City water is run off of pressure, no electricity needed. However, if we did not have city water, we do have rain water tanks and do have an electric pump for those however, we have solar power as well as gas and deasil generators if our solar power is low due to long dark winter days

[@rosiegonzalez6347]

How do you prevent lint on clothes when hand washing?

[@BrendaBodwin]

😥😥😥 But you dont sell the customer made skirts and sweaters any more. 😥😥😥 I wish youd bring them back. Your work/art is incredible.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Sorry, I just do not have the time for them any more. I needed to cut the stress and prioritize what is most important

[@BrendaBodwin]

@@RainCountryHomestead Yes, I know. We chatted about that on a more recent video. I was just checking out your off grid washer video, and left that just to leave a comment. 😁 Maybe one day you'll be able to do it again. If you do, I'm gonna be your first year of business. 😁👍🏻