Does anyone hang theirs out in the evening?

Howdy :D

I'm having trouble getting time to hang out the washing - and with 3 kids (one having reflux!) I have a LOT of washing. I've even given up cloth nappies for the moment cos I just can't get on top of the clothes washing, let alone having 3 in cloth as well.

Because I'm having trouble actually getting a chance to hang it out in the morning, I was wondering if there are people that hang theirs out of a night time when all the kids are in bed, and then get it in in the arvo when DH is home to help watch the kids (there is usually at least 2 of them screaming by 5.30!!)

So apart from the fact they might get stolen (I can't see why people would steal clothes and wet ones too) but yes, anyone think its a crap idea?

Hi,
I hang my washing out of an evening: but usually bring it in if I get time in the early morning. I find if it stays out too long everything fades, and the elastic goes in the pants :wall:

The best investment I have made is a huge clothes airer. I hang the kids clothes on hangers first to save room and then dry them inside overnight.

Oh, I do it all the time, for the same reason (not being able to leave the kids inside unsupervised, and it's just too hot outdoors) :) We live in a pretty shoddy neighbourhood and I've never lost an item yet! But yeah, it works for me, so I say go for it - if it helps lighten the daytime burden and means you get more accomplished in a day, it's good.

Yep I do :)

My mum did this all the time and we're all still alive! If it gets 'em dry that's the main thing. Can't see it working in a Tassie winter but during summer, no problems.

I do it all the time over summer just to avoid the clothes fading and getting all crunchy LOL.

With these hotter days we are having up here i either hang it out in the evening or put a load on before i go to bed & hang it out first thing in the morning :lol:

Only way we get clean clothes here! I also use an airer in the laundry but it takes way longer. Not so useful in winter but often I can bring things in the next morning. Not sure about anyone stealing stuff certainly no one would be keen on the faded and stretched out undies on the line here, lol!

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My mum did this all the time and we're all still alive! If it gets 'em dry that's the main thing. Can't see it working in a Tassie winter but during summer, no problems.

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Hopefully by the time winter comes I won't have so much drama - hopefully the reflux would have cleared up a bit, DD1 will walk outside on her own (thats one of the problems, can't carry 2 babies!) and it will be a heck of lot easier to negotiate with a 3.5 year old, nearly 2 year old and 7 month old... well.. here's hoping.. LOL

Thanks guys :D

Oh and I do have a clothes airer, but we're going to be in fairly close quarters soon, PLUS, it does take ages to get anything dry here in tassie.. even in summer, if you hang it indoors.

I do it all the time. A good way to sneak an extra load in bc here it's usually dry early morning.

Yip I do it all the time. Sometimes because it is just too hot to be standing at the line and sometimes because I forget I had a load in the machine. :shhh:
I have never lost anything off the line yet (touch wood) so I will carry on while it works for me.
Do whatever is going to make your life easier babe.

I hear ya Mel - it used to be really tricky here to hang out washing - as I couldn't have my little ones outside with me (no fencing out back!) and I couldn't leave them inside alone.

So - my solution - I used to hang the clothes on my clothes airer (as I could do that inside watching the girls) then I would just take the clothes airer outside in the sunniest spot! :)

We do it often. Evenings are the only time to get anything done around here!
We kind of started the habit of washing in the evenings as it's when we wash the nappies (end of the day, after the last cloth nappy for the day has been used). Now we do the clothes then too, and on the weekends.

Yup, that's what I do Mel. I usually hang washing out of an evening while DH gives DS a bath. Otherwise I'll put it on clothes airers.

I do it all the time, too... my washing gets hung out whenever I (or anyone else here) has time, morning noon or night.

I prefer to hang my washing out at night and bring it in first thing in the morning to prevent fading. When the girls are having their brekkie, or just after brekkie before all the drama begins for the day, I get it off. Putting it away is another thing though ...

yep i mainly hang mine up evening also.... depends if I have time earlier that day then I will but like most of us, I do it when i get the chance.
Doesn't bother me if washing sits on the line all night either. (unless it rains!!! that bothers me!)

Folding washing takes forever though!

I tend to hang my washing out mid arvo and bring it in late morning the next day, then hang a fresh lot out mid arvo...and so the cycle continues LOL I have never considered the risk of someone stealing my washing...I dont think anyone would want our crusty clothes anyway

I WOULD except that the sassin frassin possums wee all over it if I do!!!

Yep I hang mine out in the evenings too. At the moment, I do it after DS has dinner because he has a thing for helping me with it. As soon as the machine goes on he says "washing out" and stands at the door lol

Yep, hang out in evening...although often dont bring in till the next evening when i am hanging the next load out...:o.
The only thing that i dont like about doing this is i find its a great place for creepy crawlies to hide....i dunno, night time and all when they're all out, it seems DH undies are the perfect place to hide.....:o.
So yer...when folding (and i know you dont hon......:doh:) im quietly freaking out that a big hairy spider is going to jump outta of a jean pocket or something....

ETA: if it rains at 2am i have found myself lying in bed thinking of all that washing on my line....and the onslaught for the next day.....:redface:

Yes, I have quite often put clothes out on the line in the evening. They dry really quickly in the early morning sun and sometimes it is the only way I can get them hung out, especially with working as well. Perhaps if they need to be hung out in the eveining you could even convince your DH to do it for you ;)

Hi Mel,

Havent read all the replies, but Yep i very often hang washing in the evening/night.
Especially if it is a warm night it means that i will have a load that is dry to pull in fisrt thing in the morning. i also do a load at nigh, put it on just before bed or on the timer (though that has the tendency to wake MJ on a bad night) so that it is ready to hang out first thing.

My clothes line is a retractable one on our back porch, so it doesnt matter so much if it rains, it means that i miss out on the direct sunlight, but i can get stuff dried earlier.

The other thing i do (especially in winter when things take longer to dry) is dry a load inside on the rack and then other stuff draped/hung around the house.

So NO i dont think that it is a bad idea!

I hang my washing out in the evenings too and then the rest I have to time for when Lachlan goes down for his nap during the day.

yes, it goes out late afternoon or evening time and gets brought in late evening or next morning. If naps havent finished drying I leave them on a clothes airer inside overnight and that usually is enough to finish them.
We also have a constant pile of laundry ready to get folded and put away in the lounge...

Its how I've always done it :lol:

MIL tells me I'm crazy because of spiders etc, but I always fold the clothes before I put them away & to be honest I've never encountered anything nasty in all of the years I've been doing it ;)

And here I am thinking I'm the only one who looks like a crazy lady hanging clothes out at night... although I am usually doing it around midnight :rofl:

From the title of your post i wondered for a sec what you were talking about :rofl:

Yep i am another evening hanger :D

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From the title of your post i wondered for a sec what you were talking about :rofl:

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ROFL!!! YOu have a dirty mind :D

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Hopefully by the time winter comes I won't have so much drama - hopefully the reflux would have cleared up a bit, DD1 will walk outside on her own (thats one of the problems, can't carry 2 babies!) and it will be a heck of lot easier to negotiate with a 3.5 year old, nearly 2 year old and 7 month old... well.. here's hoping.. LOL

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erm....Mel....you do realise in Tassie winter starts around April :lol:

I hang my washing out overnight often, even in the winter!

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erm....Mel....you do realise in Tassie winter starts around April :lol:

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Dude - don't spoil it with negativity... I'm liking the way that I remember winter down here.. :lol:

I do just about everything in the evening :redface: I can not see the point in doing big things during the day and having it messed up by the tornadoes!

I used to hang mine out in the evenings and bring it in either first thing in the morning (if dry) or when I got home from work - I can't do that where I am now as there is a huge tree over the line and I'm sick of getting bird poopie on my clothes. So I use a clotheshorse. I am about to put a clothes line in my garage once I get rid of the stuff in there.

I usually do the washing at night. Never thought about anything getting pinched but my washing hangs in the backyard under the carport so you can't even see it.

But as someone said earlier - the creepy crawlies come out at night!! I make sure to give everything a big shake before it goes in the basket. Mostly moths or earwigs here, haven't had a spider yet thankfully.