Wood Stove Clothes Drying - VERY simple and low cost systems you can easily make yourself

[@RunamuckFarms]

We also have a clothing line to dry our clothes over our wood stove. looking up right now there is laundry LOL. You can save so much money not running the dryer plus you already have the wood stove going to heat to house and cook on. So many people are turning the clock back and living a more simple life, we did and it's been 6 months now and we are loving life!. Thank you for sharing.

[@sacredcirclehomestead3395]

Love to see the stacking of functions guys. Such simple ideas don't see enough implementation. Some folks don't realize the potential that their places have because there's a "thing" for every task. Great systems!

[@camperspecial9666]

I love your no nonsense approach to accomplishing things. My own semi homesteading lifestyle just a county away is so similar. I have things that I need to do, and I don't spend a lot of extra time doing things to look pretty. There is a lot to accomplish and the days are short. It seems that every video I watch I'm able to pick up one or two things that I can do to tweak my own homestead for the better. I love your channel, it's almost like you share my burden,so when I gain a tidbit of information, it gives me hope! I love this lifestyle and I will never go back to being a 9 to 5 er.

[@edibleacres]

So glad to have you with us in the community!

[@forestdog]

I absolutely love the Paracord system. I use my woodstove for drying clothes in the winter as well...but the Paracord idea... awesome! 😎

[@edibleacres]

A few years in and we've been quite happy with it. Super basic but works great, and can handle a large down comforter with ease.

[@Xxfades321xX]

Kinda wish there was a larger thumbs up option, seriously love your solution here

[@edibleacres]

So glad! We figured some folks would think this is an ugly/silly design but for the right people this could be a great fit. Sounds like you are one of those people! :)

[@MistyMoma]

When I was young, in 60’s and 70’s, my mom had a setup in kitchen, no wood stove, where there was a small pulley on a rack that she would hang clothes on in winter and pull it up to ceiling and tie it off. It would be out of the way and use heat from kitchen. I loved using it too as I got a little older. We had about 8ft. ceilings I think.

[@EChaves1]

Fantastic Simplicity! Making the eyelet and string matrix right now! Off-grid-in-Maine. Heating-with-wood, too! ❤ (cheating on generator for drying ideas 😂)

[@Xxfades321xX]

We've been trying to come up with an idea for doing this very thing near our woodstove, thank you so, so much for sharing I think this design will work nicely for us

[@phatmeemaw6322]

Love how practical this is!

[@juliaathome]

I like this solution. I don't have room for this near our stove (it is in a fireplace), but it has got me thinking about some solutions for our drying racks - especially as they will be filled with cloth diapers soon!

[@Teem_Loots]

Haha! "I remember sneaking candied ginger" BUSTED! Haha. We use a similar system in our basement, near our wood stove with old outdoor clothes line recycled, strung up between the floor joists. I've got laundry, pepperoni sticks and crackers drying right now.

[@edibleacres]

Nice combo!

[@am2schmarvelous]

I live in an apartment with radiator heat and that works very well for drying hanging clothes on a rack. And also I just drape the small things directly on it. I hang nearly everything but the bedding because I don't have your ingenious system.

[@AMRADIO777]

Great ideas!!! I am using a 10 ft copper pipe hung from ceiling via hooks screwed into ceiling + lightweight chain. It is not enough space for one load of towels so I use bannisters and bed canopies too. I wash/reuse ziplocs too, but it is never neat when they are drying.

[@drekfletch]

Put the wet laundry on clothes hangers and just space them out about 3 inches apart. Dries a bit slower, but you can fit a lot more in a small footprint.

[@richardmitchell4512]

I live in a small 20x8 cabin and the ceiling line will be my next addition, brilliant idea

[@davideantonicelli9403]

What a great idea, I don't have a wood stove, but I like the principle of those fold out racks for drying/storing herbs and crops over the winter. Thank you for sharing.

[@edibleacres]

We like the racks overall, and with the screens to lay on there it makes them pretty useful.

[@jamesdensel981]

I am using a clothesline in my school bus in front of my barrel stove. Saving money, I love the smell of fresh laundry drying, plus putting a little humidity in the air.

[@edibleacres]

It's a nice and simple system to be sure.

[@NnJoGg]

Fantastic!

[@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid]

Awesome idea! Simple yet brilliant!

[@McCoysOakHillFarm]

we had a similar system when I was in England on a study abroad program. The cloth wash room was in the broiler room and we hung our clothes up to dry there, because of the excess heat. :)

[@earthfriendlyfarm]

Very Clever

[@moganfritz]

i love this idea i may modify something like this for our insert thank you

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Sometimes you can find antique or vintage wooden clothes rack dryers on eBay and other places that mount on wall and have a half dozen or so hinged dowels that can be lifted up to snap into a horizontal position then swivel around 180degrees. Ingenious little contraptions and usually built to better standards than modern stuff.

[@Coccinelf]

Great tips even if you don't have a wood stove!

[@Coccinelf]

Just wanted to add that I would love to see your ginger candy recipe!

[@StillSwirling]

Wonderful idea! Our wood stove is in the "man cave". I wonder if my hubby would mind if I made a clothesline in there 😁 🤔😇 I miss drying my clothes outside in the winter. I have a small drying rack I make do with. You all stay warm too! ♥

[@edibleacres]

I hope you set it up in front of the TV :)

[@StillSwirling]

:-D

[@rscott1724]

i heat my huge 2 story with my wood stove love my cast iron old stove. saves tons of $$ it work prearing gathering wood but I call it my winter work out program ;) awesome how you living.

[@jameskniskern2261]

I noticed you had a pan in the wood stove making more charcoal. ;)

[@edibleacres]

Little "easter egg" in the video and you found it! I was going to mention it but I forgot... Good eye James!

[@1964kote]

🙂👍

[@allonesame6467]

Paying to dry clothes is like paying for gravity. The process is inevitable. Work with it and it will reward you! Clothes last longer, when air dried.

[@edibleacres]

I love this first line!

[@CorwynGC]

All that water (clothes and bucket) and still complaining about it being dry, means that your house has too many air leaks. Addressing that will not only fix the dryness issue, but a bit of the needing to run the stove 24/7 issue as well.

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

I like your videos, so don't burn your house down. Anything that falls or accidently touches the wood stove is going to ignite. That is also a ton of moisture to be releasing into a conditioned space, which can lead to mold, like a bathroom with no fan. "A man's got to know his limitations".

[@edibleacres]

I appreciate the words of caution here. We are always careful to not have any clothes hanging that could fall into the stove if somehow they fell, and our home stays between 35%-40% humidity during the dead of winter so we aren't worried about mold at ALL this time of year! But both good things to be aware of for sure.

[@drekfletch]

Many people who heat with wood keep a pot of water on the stove to combat the dryness created by the fire.

[@Blackberryhype100]

"Herbs" Say the H not just erbs