How I do my Laundry, No Electricity, Old ways!
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When we lived at the ranch many years ago. We had 2 55 gal drums that stayed in the back of the truck. We filled both of them with water and let the sun heat them. When it was time to go to town we loaded one of the barrels with dirty clothes and washing detergent. The road to town was around 20 miles of rough dirt road. We would go to town and do all we had to do, before we headed home we would climb up in the back of the truck and wring the clothes out and put them in the Rinse barrel and head back home. By the time we got back it was time to wring the clean clothes out and hang them on the line. Many is the time I wish things were still as easy. Yes it was hard work but sometimes all the steps I have to go thru with my fancy washer and dryer makes me wish I could still do laundry on the way to town.
🤣🤣. Now that is what I call resourceful! Very smart!!
R u kidding me! that is crazy good work now
How clever you are to have thought of that!
That’s incredibly smart!! Someone was thinking!!! I absolutely love that story!! Thanks for sharing. ❤
I think that's brilliant!
When I was a kid (born in 1961), I grew up on a farm and we were very poor. My mother used to wash clothes for a family of 9 just like this. I remember when she finally got a second-hand electric wringer washer. I think she was the happiest woman on the planet that day! Thanks for reminding me to appreciate her a little more.
Hello 👋 There
How are you doing?
I Remember when we yad one. Thing scared me .
As a teen I used the old washer on wheels, electric wringer ..on the front porch before it was moved to the "wash house "..small building in back yard.
I have the Napa soap bar..b soda, borax.
We still have one. We don't use it. It's in the old wash house.
Doing the laundry in this way gives time to think about loved ones, and their problems and to pray for them.
I can understand how this is therapeutic. People think I'm weird for handwashing my stuff sometimes and I really enjoy it. Being able to do something by hand and look over what I've completed, gives me such an awesome sense of accomplishment.
My mom washed delicates and I still wash certain clothes by hand. She would wring out most of the water and get a thick towel and sit and rock on the item inside the towel to get out much of the water before hanging it up.
Would a dough scraper, spatchla, paint scraper help to get clothes through the wringer?
Last year I believed my washing machine was on its last legs. I decided to do laundry by hand to stretch the life of the washer just a bit linger. Weel, let me tell you, all of a sudden I had laundry helpers in the form of my husband and my two grandchildren! Never before have I had laundry help but there was something about the process of plunging and scrubbing and wringing that they all enjoyed. So glad to see someone else doing this when not in an emergency. Love your channel.
My daughters both used that soap bar to get grass and mud stains out of the boys baseball uniforms! Worked when nothing else did.
Nice, perhaps its like therapy. I could use a little therapy around my house...LOL
This is exactly what I am doing now I just can't afford a new washer now I think the clothes smell better cleaner too!!
@@amyjohnston3974 I hand wash a lot, have always used clothes line to dry the washing, or drape the washing over a clothes airer indoors during the winter. If you have a salad spinner, they work really well getting the water out, can fit one of my husband's shirts in the spinner, plus all of our smalls, big things we wring out by hand. You save a fortune on your power bill.
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When I was a single Mom living on a tight budget, I would put my 3 kids clothes in the tub and tell them we were going to pretend we were making wine and the clothes were the grapes. They had so much fun stepping on the clothes with their feet (they were clean, of course), but it did the job. We have a washing machine now, and my kids are grown but I still enjoy hanging up my clothes to dry. 😊
I wonder if I can convince my children to help me do it this way
I remember having to laundry in the tub and the kitchen sink. I couldn't afford the laundry mat all the time. The funny thing about it was enjoyable. My kids helped me a lot.
@@caronitaclark4058 I had to do it too. Don't remember loving it. Obnoxiously, I would always bring a load with me to visit friends with washers. Lost some people in those yrs..lord save us.
Same here, and when kids and wash were done, the dog got a bath in the same water.
I still do my blankets this way, rather than the hassle of going to the laundromat for the big machines
When I was a kid in Chicago my job was to wash the family laundry. We had a newly built home with a cement double utility sink in the basement. We didn't have a washing machine so I did all the laundry with the use of the rub board. My mom stated that I could take my time on Saturday but it had to be done right or I would have to do it over. I spent Saturday mornings washing and listening to The Beatles and other groups on WLS radio which made the work move along quickly. When I got my first job I bought a washing machine. Thank God for Sears!
I'm jealous, grew up in the soulless burbs with modern washer a dryer. That would have been better for me than endless hours of boob-tube
Good ol Sears and Roebuck
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True. Thank god for sears.
I put a load in a bucket and use a plunger as an agitator. I pump for 10 minutes and get the cleanest clothes ever. Easy on my hands and on the fabrics. I found this solution on RUclips a couple of years ago and I remain forever grateful! 💕
That's a good idea.😊
I was thinking about using a plunger!! And then saw your message 😊..
Great idea
Brilliant!!😊
Do you mean a toilet plunger?
My 90 year old mom still washes her “delicates” by hand in the sink. They last much longer!😊🌻
I do too!!
That’s how us girls were taught to wash our delicate in the 70&80s
So do I
So do I !! 👵😊❤
So do I.
As a 30 yr old wife and mom who's trying to make more healthy and hands on changes in my families life, i absolutely loved this video, and feel so inspired! Thank you!
Read Consumers Reports of fabric softeners, appliance tech is the one who told me about it.
I'm a bit older than you, and I remember Fels Naptha being the only soap for EVERYTHING! We'd bathe with it, wash our hair with it, then use it to mop the floors, wash vegetables, laundry, the car, horses, boots, walls, you name it. And it was easy on your hands.
easy on the hands? really? ruined mine. i had to wear gloves to use it. interesting
@@brin3m yeah, it never easy on my hands. Better use gloves.
I've washed clothes by hand in a bucket, in a bathtub, and yes, even in a shower. I've seen the time that I've used the Ivory soap bars that I used to bathe with. No wringer, and no washboard. It's amazing what you'll do when you don't have the money the laundromat, or the time to get there.
Or you are in Africa 🌍..lol
Same...
The ones that laugh or think they are too good will think twice if they ever find themselves in a survival situation. My family experienced 2 back to back hurricanes. Our family home was destroyed and we were without power for weeks. It was eye opening for me to experience the hardships of life without power and getting things done one way or the other! I understand what you mean by feeling grateful as you wash your laundry by hand. Each piece of clothing represents blessings. Each little sock or shirt represents someone you love that despite devastation and loss, you still have them, so you are ok! I appreciate you taking the time to show this and I learned a lot! Thanks.
AMEN ⚜️
Yes ma'am! Lol hurricanes are great teachers checks f being off grid! I had to make do with that after Katrina and I used the bottom shelf of my fridge for a pretty darn good rub board! Lol I was thankful I kept my water!
I used a drain board that went over our old fashioned kitchen sink
Sometimes it takes a catastrophe to make us appreciate our blessings! God bless you! When I was a little girl (I'm 77) we didn't have a washer and had to wash on the board. We finally got a wringer washer. Amazing! It had wringers on it. We had to wring out by had before then. It was hard work, but I really enjoyed it! Might be the reason I have always loved to play in water!
Facts!
Prell - what a memory! My husband came across a wringer washer @ an auction recently ($20.00 yes, 20 bucks) !Love than dang thing for grease rags, rugs, etc.. Plus, that thing washes so good! The wringer is a precious childhood memory from helping my Gma! She was always keeping us a close eye on us so as not to get our hand, arm or hair caught up. She used 2 galvanized tubs for rinsing. Also, as a side note, do you remember jeans stretchers? Mom put Dad's jeans on these stretchers - she'd hang them in the basement to dry - us kids thought they looked like ghosts down there with that single lightbulb shining.....LOL My memories show my age (71 years young!) Annandale, Minnesota
I'm jealous!!!
I helped my grandmother stretch grandpa’s jeans.
I helped my mom! And, yes, the jean stretchers. By the time I was 8, I could take care of the laundry while Mom took care of the 4 children, of which two were twins. Great memories! I'm 62🤗
Yes, you need a double wash tub for a proper rinse. Swing the wringer from the machine to the first tub and then the second. Then bale the first rinse tub into the machine as fresh wash water when it's too soapy to be an effective rinse. You need a masters degree in laundry to do it well!
Lehman's sells jean stretchers.
It was so relaxing to watch this. When I was a kid, I was on the "laundry team" and we washed against stone/rocks. We knew all the tricks to getting rid of stains and I remember feeling so proud when we'd work on a challenging stain and get it out. Not only did we wash for our immediate family, but for the elderly that couldn't wash their own. Even after our area got electricity, my grandmother never used it, she was afraid of it. So we continued doing things the old way. And I myself, don't use many of our conveniences... I'm pretty old and have never ran a dish washer in my life. I just prefer to hand wash. It's a bit therapeutic for me.
Sorry, do you mind sharing some of your tips on how to get rid of stains?
Hand washing dishes is good for arthritic pain... soaking them in hot soapy water.... sometimes I let my husband do the dishes for that reason 😉
When I was a child, in Scotland, my mother washed her clothes this way. We had a double sink in our kitchen. Between the sinks was a metal bar which let a writer be screw on. Lots is steeping and. Then rubbing and rinsing. In old houses a huge. Copper boiler was in the wash house and on a Monday morning, a fire was lit to heat the water. My family used an open fire or stove with a back boiler. This was had work and all the family helped a bit. Hanging out the lovely whites was a matter of pride for a wife. Damp washing was dries indoors on a pulley rack hung from the ceiling of the kitchen, dried by the heat from the big cast iron stove.
Thanks for this video. I was able to bring back lots of memories for my 99year old mother.
The best food I ever had was cooked on a wood stove.
My grandmother lived next to us and she had an electric wringer washer in her wash shed. I was under 6 yrs old and wanted to help her run the pieces thru the wringer but she was always so worried I'd get my hand caught in between the rollers. I probably cost her time but she never let on. I remember she used to slap her hand against some kind of lever near the top. Maybe it reversed the roller direction?
@@sandythomas2837 One house I was renting had an old wood stove; got it fired up, threw a pizza into the oven section, and a big pot of soup on top, and the entire family, dog included, stood there waiting for it to be ready, no one would leave. Best pizza ever.
I'm 63, I'm remember seeing my Grandma and her sister-in-law do wash by hand, them using the wringer while telling me horrific stories of wringer dangers, playing in the white sheets on the line, then sleeping in clean, crisp, cool sheets at Grandma's. Oh, the memories. Thanks.
I love line dried clothes
I did some washing as a kid when my mother died and I accidentally put my hand right through the hand wringer. I've had no ill effects all my life but now I'm rather ancient I've noticed a bit of arthritis.
Oh yes the stories about not getting too close to the wringer or we would catch "ourselves" on it cause it had already happened to granny so she knew what she was telling us to watch out for 😅😅
With a hand one and not a gas/electric ringer you may just pinch a finger. Unless you're really stupid and keep rolling after your hand goes in. LOL
Yes I remember that. In those days they did it in twos so it's easy to wring the clothes by twisting them!
I remember my aunt and grandmother doing laundry this way out in the yard. And then they would toss us kids in after... That is where they got the old saying "Don't toss the baby out with the tub water" I only remember one year of visiting and them doing this, and the next year they had a washing machine and a new bathroom put in with a tub. lol I remember my mom would use some bluing on the whites to get them real white. She would also use liquid starch and then freeze Daddy's shirts and then iron them. Funny story, she did that once on a little shorts jumpsuit dress that I wore to school. Well I broke out and the nurse thought I had the measles and sent me home. The next time I wore it and broke out too, but I could see little flakes of starch on my skin. I didn't say anything and I got sent home again. Well the third time I wanted to wear it I went down to the nurses office all ready to go home, the nurse remembered I had on the same outfit as the last two times and she examined me closer and saw the flakes. She called my momma and told her to bring me another set of clothes. The gig was up on me getting to go home from school after that as Mom didn't put starch in anything else I wore. hahaha Have a great week!! Enjoyed you bringing back the memories!!😅😂😅
I'm 71 now and have wonderful memories of washing clothes this way with my mama. She always used fels naphtha and baking soda. We also kept the ironing dampened in a bag in the fridge. Thanks for the memories ❤
I’m old enough to remember laundry day immediate post WWII in UK. Who would have thought we need a video instructing us how to wash clothes.
One good tip is an old fashioned sink plunger (rubber suction cup on a handle). Soak clothes, then paddle with plunger. Works like a charm.
Miss Laurie, I’m 73, city-born and raised. My mom, sis and I lived, in a rural, “one-horse town,” with my grandparents for a few years. These were the best years of my childhood.
My grandparents (and great grandparents) knew how to live off the grid, if the time came. I learned from them and the many prepper videos, like yours. I’m proud to be a “city prepper,” but I still long for the simplicity, solitude and serenity of country living.
Watching you & Mr Brown brings back those memories. I am forever grateful that our paths crossed. God bless you both. As always, much love.💕
That's wonderful , thank you
I love when Ms. Lori pronounces "worshing/washing" for years my boss would correct me, "there's no R in washing!" My dad's family was from TN & Georgia. That's how I was taught. It warms my heart to hear her talk about doing the simple things & how therapeutic it is. ❤ Thank God we have Ms. Lori & Mr. Brown to keep us grounded. And remind us of our family elders & how special they were! ❤🙏🏻 Bless you Both
I’m from MN and I put the r in washing also. People would try to get me to change and I just couldn’t. That was the only way I could sy it.
I’m from Indiana and we said worsh too!
My mom was from Kentucky, she worshed clothes, went to worshington dc etc. I love hearing the dialect, warms my heart.
Worshing and chimley(chimney) are frequently said by my husband.
My grandma was as far north as southern Ohio and she always said “worsh” 🥰 just love that
One of my favorite memories was going to my Nonnie's and sleeping in her sheets. They were hand washed, line dried, (I think line dried sheets are the best!), and ironed with a hot iron heated on the stove (no electricity). I loved helping her wring out the sheets and putting them on the line. Teach your babies how to use a clothes line...they don't have a clue! Great video Miss Lori, I can tell you feel better, stay well.
Wow I forgot that we ironed our sheets...thanks for the memories.
I love hearing these stories remembering fond memories of grandmother and mothers. I still hang clothes on the line. Clean crisp line dried sheets are the best way to fall asleep.
I always tell me husband I won't live in a neighborhood that doesn't allow clotheslines!!!
@@dianemartin7767 And the smell so good!
@@vintagehomemaker9338 amen !🙂
I've known about Fels Naptha for a long time. I'm 62. I finally bought some and used it for a stain. It worked so well. I'm a fan for the rest of my life.
I’m half American living in my moms home country of Sweden. Your accent makes me so nostalgic for the US. My dads whole side of the family talks just like you, it’s my favourite sound in the whole world. Thank you for sharing your wisdom Ms. Lori ❤
@xtrmst_01 Lol, you can't even imagine someone feeling nostalgic for rural America?
@xtrmst_01
@xtrmst_01 Boy, you're crying because you never learned English.
I’m 65 years old and remember using a wringer washing machine as a young girl. It’s good to remember the old ways. God bless you Ms Lori and Mr. Brown.
Lord, yes! I don't know how many buttons I broke and zippers I broke with the wringer!
@@susanconner6586 oh gosh, I hadn’t thought of zippers & buttons. How do you not break them??
It was tough not to break them. You'd have to be very careful and lay the garment as flat as you could before it went through the wringer. You tried to keep it horizontal when it went through the wringer. That helped. But if you got by with only a busted button you were lucky. We had old electric Maytag wringer washers. The speed of the wringer was fixed and you couldn't adjust it. You had to be very careful with your fingertips and long hair too!
My gma used one far past when she needed to
I’m 57 and she was still using it when I was prob 10 lol
@@susanconner6586 ohhh electric wringer
I’ll just have a hand wringer
My sister had to wash their clothes in the kitchen sink when they were first married in 1960. She did this for probably 3 years including her husbands Army fatigues and baby clothes and diapers. It can be done and when things go bad like they do in this world, I can guarantee we will do what is necessary to survive. Blessings to you and Mr. Brown!😊
Yes!!! I washed my husbands fatigues(and most of our daily wear) in the sink and added powdered starch and hung them on the line. If I didn't catch them while they were still slightly damp they were stiff as a board. I had to soften them up, spray them with a water bottle and iron them to the proper specs.
My father was in the air force and wore fatigues almost every day. Once he kept complaining to my mum that there wasn't enough starch in them. So mum got a box of starch flakes and use the whole box in the washer with one set of fatigues. When dad came home the first thing he saw was the fatigues stood up on on floor! He didn't complain after that. 😂😂😂
@@mancyank564 Now that's 🤣 funny! 👍😆
Doug Jensen,....Maybe in the bathtub but I couldn't do underwear 🩲🩳 in the kitchen sink where I wash the dishes!😳🤣
@@truthmatters7805 she didn’t like it either but they only had a shower! It was a two room duplex. A living room, kitchen and tiny bathroom. She used a lot of bleach! Kathy Jensen
No laughin' whatsoever! Thank you for making this channel. For those of us a few generations away from life without electricity, the thought of losing our power grid is emotionally traumatizing - so we really need lessons on living simply from someone who is an expert at it. Thank you so much! I am stopping by walmart today to get me some FelsNaptha and Zote soap and a wash board!
Enjoy seeing this. My mom taught me how to do hand washing - bathtub & kitchen sink. Wringing out jeans and big towels by hand was work! Mom finally got an electric wringer washing machine. She warned me about getting your hair caught in the wringer. Then I helped her hang up the wash on the line in our backyard. (She had a "clothes pin bag" that held all the clothes pins... shaped to slip a hanger in, solid back, opening at front halfway up big enuf to put hand thru. Opening at top just big enuf for top of a clothes hanger to go thru. Clothes pins filled the bottom of the bag. Maybe 18" long in total) She took in ironing to earn a little money. When I was around 10 or 11 I started helping with all the ironing. I'm 70 & she would have turned 101 this year. Miss her
My first washer was a ringer washer and I loved it. The fels naphtha soap is amazing for stains but my Grandmother used it if she got into poison ivy before the rash that is. Lol There's nothing like getting into a clean bed when the sheets were dried outside on the clothes line either. Thanks for the memories. 🙂❤️
@ Shirley Laboy. You're So Right Ma'am getting between those Sheets, freshly Washed, and Sunshined, Wind blowned then Ironed. Nuttin Like it, Except to say
HEAVENLY BLISS. 🌺
Oh I do remember those crisp clean sheets fresh off the line and on our beds at night it was such a special time to snuggle down into our fresh made bed it was such a loving feeling going to sleep knowing how hard momma had worked to clean our sheets. Warms my heart just remembering those days. Thanks for the memories. 🥰❤️🇨🇦🙏🏻
You are absolutely correct. Washing with Fels Naptha after exposure to poison ivy to remove the oils that make us break out.
Oh I still have my sheets/laundry out in the washing line
@@lynnharris6877 The green Dawn soap will remove the poison ivy oils too. Use cold water to wash the oils off your hands and arms.
For those wanting a set up for emergencies and don’t want to spend a lot of money for it, get yourself a mop bucket with a wringer or even the squish compartment, between that and your kitchen sink you can get the job done ! And don’t forget to get some felz naphtha and Zote soap 🥰
Also you can find stainless steel sinks or any sink cheap or free anywhere and build a stand to put it in. Either way, you can make a laundry set up really cheap !
Great idea about a mop bucket with wringer. I live alone so don't really need a big contraption. Hmm
What do you mean by swish compartment between that and the kitchen? Didn't understand. 👍
I mean "squish compartment"
Great idea.
@@leecopeland2061 I think they meant on the mop bucket. They said WITH a wringer OR squish compartment. When I've worked at pizza places that had the big mop buckets for cleaning the store at the end of the night, they always had instead of a wringer than spins a compartment you put the mop head in after swishing in the soapy water and this compartment had a handle you push down on that made it close and squeeeeze and squiiiiish the water out of the mop back into the bucket before you put the mop back to the floor (I couldn't stand how some of the guys were lazy and would just slop the soaking wet mop back onto the floor and spread the puddle of water around - it made the floors LOOK clean a lot quicker while WET, but when the slop dried, you just had streaks of dried corn meal "mud" on the floors because they didn't squeeze the grime and water out with that squisher before mopping and scrubbing like you're supposed to.).
good idea!my water broke once and we put our laundry in the bath tub to wash it by trending it with our of course clean feet,and ringing it by twisting it.I never thought I could have done that.
I love the old ways. When the power goes out it's the only thing ya got. Thank you for keeping the old ways alive.
I grew up in a home without indoor plumbing. Mother drew water from the well,used a wringer washer, hung clothes on the line. Dad worked as a carpenter and wore those striped overalls. They were thick, heavy and dirty. Mother worked very hard. In 1969 we finally got county water, and a washer. This is one old way I don't want to return to! Bless you, Mama.
A tip I came across for when you hang laundry out on the line in cold weather: put on a pair of those kitchen gloves that have the cotton flocking on the inside. Keeps the hands a LOT warmer while you get the laundry up.
Yes that's the part about hanging wet laundry outside in the cold... Ouch!
Oh yes, I remember my Mom and Grandma hanging heavy things like jeans and towels , and sheets etc outside in freezing weather and bringing them in, stiff as boards, standing them up in the bathtub to thaw, then hanging them inside on a wooden rack to finish drying. It was the freezing that made the clothes soft.I don’t remember Mom using a store boought fabric softener…even after she got a washing machine.. The years were 1950’s. for the old 2 tub and wringer washing. We had a washing machine when we moved to the “big” city, but no dryer We still used a clothes line..aummer and winter. I only learned today that vinegar will soften clothes…lol never too late for an old dog to learn a new trick. thanks to Miss Lori.💕💕
Reminds me of a famous scene in a Tolstoy novel when a man traveling by horse in winter passed the frozen laundry blowing in the wind...reoccurring theme of the bitter cold Russian winter. The old movies often showed clothing during by the fireplace...
Forgot to add, when you put your clothes through the wringer be sure and have buttons and zippers turned under. After sorting colored clothes, this was the 2nd lesson Mama taught us.
Yep - same lesson from my Grandma. Her and a favourite dolls dress with every button broken 😂. We had a washing machine at home but I loved using Grandma’s wringer for some reason. I live in UK so most people here still hang clothes outdoors to dry, if they have a garden or yard. But I haven’t seen a wringer since the seventies..
That's good information. We all learned to sew....
When I was a little girl my parents would send us to the Caribbean to spend the summer with family. In the 70's they didn't have a washing machine so they washed clothes by hand . And it took all morning. My three aunties would wash, sing and talk together. And I loved that squishing sound made when they rubbed the clothes in that water ,but I couldn't get the sound because I wasn't strong enough yet. They used that old blue or beige washing soap. They would switch between washing , rinsing and hanging the clothes on the line. They also had a smooth wash stone that they used like a wash board. I remember one summer when I was bigger I finally got that sound while I was helping them wash I got a big round of applause. I was a big girl now. But shortly after that they got a washing machine. They were really happy for that. But sometimes I really miss those days.
I’m from the carribean also,did your family use the little blue bags for the whites, 🤔, some of my family still use those bags and the clothes are so pretty on the line. In the Uk the water is mostly hard and the clothes are grey , front loading washing machines are not all that they are cracked out to be.
If the machine is overloaded the clothes will get caught ,and that dirty seal around the door will trap your clothes and drag them during spinning cycle , it’s a nightmare to keep clean.
So I’m gong to buy some of these tools, interesting enough my mum still soaks her clothes and rub before putting into the machine. I love it. 😍.
Years ago i came across an old film of a family of Scottish washerwoman on washday laughing having fun singing traditional songs and talking about the men. Seemed like pretty good mental and physical exercise and therapeutic.
In the early 80’s, we had no car and no washer. I did my laundry by hand in similar fashion using my bathtub and kitchen sink. We did not have a wringer though! It really is hard work, but to know you can be frugal and do it without electricity is a feeling of accomplishment. Great video❣️
My mom didn't have a washer when I was a teen. So we had 1 of those claw footed tubs and washed our clothes in it. She had a plunger just for the clothes and nothing else. We would clean house and have the clothes in the tub. If we went by the tub use the plunger on them. When we finished we would wring them out and then rinse and ring again then hang them out.
Me tuuuu.
@@TheLightbright01 why do you wring them out after you wash them?why not just put them in the rinse water?
I can remember doing laundry like this when i was a kid. I am 65 years old now. We lived with my granny and we done laundry once week for her and six kids. God bless!!
We lived in a small town. Some people had washers not us. My dad worked construction when all the man made lakes in Texas were being built. He worked on a lot of them. So we moved around. They had a washateria in town an me and mom would go wash our clothes in the electric wringer washers and 2 tubes of rinse water. Then the woman that owned it had the drain fixed where it emptied out to water her garden with it. She had a beautiful garden.
Slowly but surely absorbing all surviving knowledge and skills like these
I had to wash our clothing for around a month this summer off grid. I definitely soaked them and used a plunger to agitate them by hand.
My washer has been replaced and I’m happy to be back in the 21st century! At least I knew how to keep our laundry clean during that time.
It warms my heart to see how even the most mundane tasks you take delight in, like appreciating the really clean scents of your laundry, the coolness of the water on a hot day. A beautiful picture of a servant's heart, doing all to the glory of God. Thanks for the off grid lesson, Miss Lori!
When my daughter was a toddler, I was expecting my 2nd, and we had my 2 brother-in-laws staying with us, a typhoon took out our power on the island for a week. I washed clothes in the bathtub and we took turns stomping them. 😂 After that, my brother-in-laws (teenagers) twisted the water out and we hung them outside. We laughed a lot and had fun doing it, but I was grateful when we got power back. Many Blessings!
In my hippie days, I lived in a two-story house in the city. I think the rent must have been really cheap because there was no running water in the kitchen. We wash dishes in the bathtub.
Which island are we talking about?
Were your teenaged brothers-in-law visiting, or were you all covertly "babysitting"?🤣
@@nunyaDbiz we were living at Schoefield Barracks in Hawaii. My brother in laws were 12 and 14, and stayed the year for school because my mother in law wasn’t able to care for them at that time. The military bases were the last to get power until the civilians all had power back on.
I was fortunate enough to spend my childhood summers in my moms village in Mexico. We didn’t have running water or electricity. I enjoyed fetching water from the well and doing laundry. My grandfather even made special cement tubs for the laundry. He fashioned one side to look like a washboard. I love this video. Thank you for sharing.
Yes! Many people these days do not realize that cement can be crafted and shaped to form all sorts of useful things, from sinks and counter tops to boats and garden sculptures. Thanks for your memories!
Bless your heart. This video just warmed my heart. I grew up way out in the country. The grand ole opry came on the radio Saturday nights and my daddy said we were so far in the country that we didn't get it until Wednesdays. I can remember doing laundry this way. I can remember not having a water heater and having to heat bath water on the stove. There's been many different times in my life where I've had to revert back to doing laundry this way. After a hurricane when we were without electricity or when my washer broke and I couldn't afford to buy one. I am so very grateful that I was taught this and taught how to work a garden and how to can and freeze food, how to hunt and dress game, how to sew by hand and on a sewing machine, how to cook and oh so much more. We didn't have sandwich bread very often, mama baked bread. We didn't haveti breakfast cereals or store bought jelly or any of that kind of stuff. It was way too expensive. I do know if things go south that I'll be okay. I thank my parents for all they taught us. Even though it was really a tough way to grow up and none of my friends lived like we did, I feel like my parents did a really good job preparing us for life. I was the only 12 yr old girl in my classroom that knew how to kill, clean and fry a chicken, make homemade biscuits and gravy without any lumps. How many of y'all had a hot buttered biscuit with fresh syrup after supper for dessert? That's really country. Lol Thank you maam for sharing your how to with all of us. I know many appreciate it.
***Also you can use the left over laundry water in your garden and on your fruit trees. The soap in it will act as a pest control.
You had wonderful, skillful parents!
I liked honey on cornbread or biscuits, good stuff.
Ms Lori, my hat is off to you! I remember watching my mother do laundry this way and then she did the laundry the same way using an electric wringer washer. God love her. She had 6 kids, seven borders and a diabetic husband at the same time. She's gone to reap her heavenly reward now. I miss her from time to time and watching you brings many memories back and a smile to my face. She was a hard worker and a wonderful prayer warrior. Blessings on all you do for you and your home.
Gosh, how did this women do it??? I am feeding every day a mentally disabled homeless person and I like to stop because its so much time, cooking for her, bringing it, playing chess with her for social contacts, going home. I can only do this because I live alone. Reading about yur mum, I truly feel ashamed. Those women were hard workers, it brought back memories of my gran.
If my mama was still alive she would be your best friend. She lived a hard life, we all did because of circumstances beyond our control. You and Mr Brown are beautiful people and I’m praying for y’all. I’m really enjoying your channel❤️
Thank you
I always say that the biggest blessing in technology have been the washing machine and dishwasher. 🙏🏼God bless the inventors.😙😙😙
This video made me feel soooo good! I can relate mam when you say it is "therapeutic".
You took me to a beautiful place that i don't have around. It has trees, breeze, sounds of the beautiful mother nature, & bonus; a beautiful trip back in time, where people were spending better times, & efforts doing things way better than the nonsense of what they do these days. Envying each other, stalking the life of another online, & spreading the harm, & hatred.
Thank you mam.
Thank you Mrs. Lori! This brought back so many memories of our mother in the basement with her wringer washer cleaning our laundry. She had 3 of us in diapers and no clothes dryer so she bought a second hand pot belly wood stove and installed it next to the ringer washer to burn fires to help dry the clothes that she hung on lines inside during the winter months. Mother is 87 years old and is in a wheel chair and still lives on her own by choice and takes care of all her duties each day. She still has the cleanest clothes to this day for she always runs and agitates the water and soap then soaks her loads and double rinse cycles with White vinegar! I know if she could still get outside she would rather be hanging her clothes on the line! God Bless all our Mama's! Fels Naptha Oh My now this is what she shared with us if we said foul words! I can still taste it!
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Beautiful story of your mama! Thank you for sharing!
My brother got Safeguard in his mouth
I was not dumb enough to be sassy or say bad words 🧐
White vinegar is a nice rinse agent but at 15 loads per week here (9 ppl) it’s not economical compared to just water rinsing it
You can clean porcelin, like sinks and baths with kerosine on a cloth.
Thanks Lori for showing us how to do laundry by hand! You’re a gem! 💗
I always enjoyed playing with the wash board and ringer when I was a kid. Many years later I brought home a wash board and my wife's reaction was 😮 very funny 🤣
I'm looking forward to the day my clothes line is full 🌝 the 🌞 sun shining and remembering my beautiful Granny. Yelling at me not to play between the hanging clothes 😊 and lying down on the beautiful green grass looking at the little flowers and bees. I'll be there again one day. ❤
Thank you for going over these cleaning duties with us. I enjoyed getting back to basics with you! AL :)
Precious memories
i WAS BORN IN 55, AND THIS BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES. THANK YOU.
Thank you! Even at 30 years old no one has ever explained traditional hand laundry process to me before and it's one thing I haven't looked into for off grid living.
I am 47, I firmly believe that all of us have been spoiled. I also believe that these things should be taught in school along with gardening and food preservation. Thank you Mrs Lori and Mr Brown for everything that you have, are, and will teach all of us that will listen, pay attention, learn, and appreciate. God bless you and yours always 🙏 ❤
Ms Lori I still use Prell shampoo regularly. I also have my grandmother’s scrub board from before 1955. I’ve hand washed clothes in the bathtub and the sink because I had no washer. I hung them to air dry because I had no dryer. The hand washing laundry skill is a smart thing to know how to do and I appreciate the knowledge I gained by having to do it. I learned of ringer washing from watching my mom wash that way when I was a little girl. I remember it all very well. In my prep storage I have an extra scrub board, an aluminum wash pan, a wooden drying rack, clothes line rope, a large stock of wooden clothes pins, and a cast iron clothes iron. I’m all set if need be. I love your prepping videos of all kinds. They give us all the knowledge and ideas of how to survive and make do if things get much worse. Thank you. Please keep teaching.
God is so faithful in all of His ways toward us! Simplicity is a wonderful thing!
Thank you!! I'm 65 years old, I remember my Mom had a ringer washer, when it wasn't working, sister and I would get out there with my Mom in 2 galvanized tubs and do exactly what you are doing! And we hung our clothes out also. That was in New Jersey!! Mom was from Kentucky and Dad from Virginia, a lot of what you do cooking an all my Mom taught me. I love your channel. Thank you nice lady!
I can remember my grandma using a ringer washer and my hand getting stuck in the machine.
My mother had a two sectioned galvanized tub that she must have used long before I remember.
We always had a regular washer/dryer set up in my memory.
However she talked about the wringer washer days and how dangerous and time consuming it was.
BTW we used the two section tub set up for holding beer and pop for outdoor picnics and parties! when I was growing up.
Thank you Miss Lori! I do all my laundry in the kitchen sink. The washers where I live just toss items around in heavily perfumed water. They're not clean just heavily scented! That scent wear off and you're items stink. So handwash all . Even sheets! Thank you for making this video for us!💗
When I was a kid we made lie soap and used it for laundry and everything else. We had no electricity or running water so we learned to do what ever you have to. Life was very hard back in the 30s and 40s.
I thank God for all I have to day .
My Grandma and my Mother in Law had ringer washers. Grandma used rainwater. Mother in Law used well water that had sulfur which stained the clothes. Thank you for bringing back the memories:)
Loved this video. I am a new subscriber. We just got 6acs of raw land, completely off grid. I am 65yrs old and my husband is 75yrs old, Mom lives with us and she is 83yrs old. We love this life. Finishing the inside of our 576 sq. ft. cabin and learning how to garden, can food, ferment food, etc.
Now, thanks to you I know a better way to get my laundry done!
I'm 77 years old and I remember my mom having an old time ringer and we used to use vinegar as a hair softener when we were kids vinegar is good for a lot of things thank you for your show
@Linda Davis You're my mama's age. She taught me to use vinegar in my hair too. She used to do it. It gets the soap resifue out of your hair and makes it soft and shiny.
@@ritamills3417 how much vinegar do you use?
@@trumpisatruepatriot3431 I don't really measure it's probably about a cup of clear white vinegar mixed with 1.5 quarts of water. After you shampoo and rinse all the soap out of your hair, then you pour the vinegar water mixture over your hair to get out any soap residue. Also makes it soft and shiny. I wouldn't use any conditioner either. That just leaves a layer of wax on your hair. ✌❤
I’m in my early 30s and I use ACV on my hair, I saw a video of a lady doing it on youtube about 6 yrs. I cut it with water and spray it on my hair, then put a shower cap on it. I leave it on bout 30 mins so it heats up, then wash it out. It makes my hair so soft and shiny, I love it!
Vinegar is good because the hair is slightly acidic and the vinegar makes the hair "shingles" lie flat. It's amazing for the hair if used properly. I mix a little in my conditioner or shampoo
Mrs lori & Mr .Brown
Im very frugal and 58yrs old
Doug will be 61 in August.
I love the smell of freshly hung towels & sheets .
Im needing your recipe for laundry soap .
You or I weren't poor .
We were the richest in heart as we didnt live above our means .
You both bring me joy .
Im drinking my coffee only 2 a day then going to plant my sweet potato slips & start 3 (10 gallon grow bags ) for sugar baby watermelons to put on our deck and use an extra cucumber v shaped trellis , so I can feed the watermelons up here on the deck , its getting hard for me to get down to the yard plots unless doug is home ....
God bless you
Mrs josette
Montgomery County, Texas 🙏
Take care please
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Greetings from the UK. My mother had 8 children, my Father worked as a Locomotive Engineer, (repaired trains), so you can imagine how dirty his overalls got. Monday was wash day. She spent most of the day washing like this by hand,brings back memories.
Hi Ms. Lori. I used Prell! With a Pearl in every botttle!
I hope we never have to launder by hand but if we do-then that’s the way it is.
…I have an old glass washboard and now that I’m thinking of it, IF my hubby’s cleaning/filet station doesn’t smell fishy it’d work for doing laundry like that. I remember my gramma had an old ringer washer on her back porch. Really had to watch your fingers! 😊
Plus, the benefits of drying in the sun! I love towels and sheets that have air-dried in the sunshine and fresh air.
I keep adding to this! God Bless you & yours. You know I love your RUclips videos and Mr. Brown’s Bible Study! Sending so much love from California.
My grandmother had an old wringer washer on her back porch, too. I was too short to get my fingers caught in the wringer but I did get them pinched a few times! My grandfather built the house with his own hands so there wasn't a laundry room...not even a bathroom until my grandpa added it on just before me and my brothers started coming along. You had to go out the kitchen, door and across the back porch to get to the bathroom. I sure loved that old house!
We used Prell and Ivory Soap too!
@@RJsyiyia sounds like my gramma & gramps home! They had a dairy farm and I remember my Dad building an indoor bathroom off the back porch in like 1963. I was 5. When Mama was still living at home she said they pulled a galvanized tub into the kitchen, heated water on the stove and that’s how she bathed.
To TheKatherine1958
My grandparents didn't have a farm but my mom said they raised chickens and rabbits for food when she was growing up ( my mom turned 92 this year and I believe by your dates that I are the same age). They were simple folks and died when I was young and miss learning how to do a the things they did just living day to day.
@@RJsyiyia I was born in ‘58. My mom passed very young. 63. My gramma also was very young. But my Grampa lived to be 89. I don’t think they had rabbits but I do remember chickens. It was a much simpler time IMO. 😊
You’re very blessed to still have your Mom.
Thank you for posting videos of important things like off-grid laundry and living without electricity. Please keep them coming. It is time. I appreciate you both so much and keep you in my prayers.
Thank you sooo much for this video! I used to watch my Nana wash her clothes on a wash board and ring them out through the ringer when I was very young. I’m 65 and I haven’t thought of her washing her clothes in a long while. She always made us stand back because she didn’t want us to get our hand in the ringer. This brought back those precious memories of my beautiful Nana! 🥰
I grew up in a family of 14 children and my mom had a wringer washer and 2 big wash tubs us kid's had to carry water from the creek and fill them all the evening before Mom did the wash , I grew up with the most respect for her I know how hard she had to work and I can never remember seeing a big pile of dirty clothes laying around, her and dad raised everything we ate we never went hungry, we had nothing fancy and we wore hand- me - downs but we had lots of love and the best food you could ever hope for. ❤❤❤
I love this as a more long term solution. We made a set up for hurricane season, 2 big buckets, a hand agitator, a clothes wringer and the clothesline. Got us through several hurricanes and we had clean clothes for work and it made the world of difference in how we felt
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
I remember my grandmother using a ringer washer..and we would hang out clothes to dry. I can’t wait for you to teach us to make our laundry soap. Thank you Mrs Lori 😊
Hey Donna
How are you doing?
Many sweet memories , thank you so much! I still hang my wash out my windows, on my long clothes lines.WhenI bring them in they smell,BEAUTIFUL NATURALLY!!!❤🌤🌞🌈🧺🧼🫧🪣🧽🌻🌷🪻🪴🌳☘️🪺🥰☺️
When I was a little girl, my neighbors across the street (who were from Arkansas :) ) - the Humphries, the mom did her laundry out back with one of those ringers. It was fascinating to me as a child to watch and this brough back a LOT of memories. xo
What a reminder of my Mom doing this when I was young. I used to help hang them on the Lines. ..and occasionally in the Winter ..they would freeze and I remember my Dad and Brother’s Jeans were so stiff ..they could stand up by themselves. Now,my Aunt had one of the first Wringer Washers. She was Rich..so, I thought back then,anyway she ran her hand and wrist thru the Wringer and hurt it like Mr.Brown was talking about ..in another of your Videos. Thanks for this and triggering some of my old Memories. Oh..another thing my Aunt did..when she was busy ..was to put her Baby in a Crocker Sack and hang it on the Wall ..close to her to keep it safe. No Playpens back then! 😊
I remember using a wringer washer when I was a kid. Because that is all my parents had when we were kids and you are so right clothes came out so clean and smelled so good. Also hanging clothes out on the line they smell so fresh and clean when you bring them in. Your video brought back so many good memories. Thank you so much for your video
Yes I help my mom too..also remember getting my finget/hand in rollers,so thankful it had a saftey and springs open..I was like 7 or 8 years old and it hurt...never got my finger close agian
My Dad put up a thick long wire clothesline that lasted many years and is probably still up, since they moved 40 years ago. I deeply miss those days.
I love that you showed how to do this. I'm 45 and the older I get the more I appreciate the old way of doing things! Thanks for sharing and love y'all!
You are so welcome!
This was so relaxing and fun to watch! The combination of the soap on the board, the water sounding like a gentle flowing river, the ringer and your soothing voice made it very pleasant to watch!!! It was like watching time slow down. Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi Miss Lori! I make my own laundry detergent using some of the same things you have there. I make enough for 10 gallons at a time for around $5.00. Also I think you are a wonderful cook and teacher. I made your cinnamon rolls and oh my gosh so good! Thank you so much for helping us do things better. God bless you and Mr. Brown
Thanks for teaching viewers how to wash without electricity. It really is important for all of us to know how to live without relying on modern technology. I'm older than you are, Ms Lori, and I grew up in the country. My momma and both grandmas washed on their porches, the way you just showed us. Their clothes were spotless and smelled like heaven. Thanks for the education, and thanks for the memories. Big love to you and Mr. Brown!
Wonderful video. Thank you! It's crazy how this should be basic common knowledge but it's been lost because of our dependence on technology.
Thanks so much for this video. We'll probably all need these skills in 2023. As a broke truck driver I'm going to try this with a couple of 5 gallon buckets rather than spending $6 per load to use washers and dryers at the truck stops.
I've used vinegar alot straight to wash clothes. I noticed when I do there's a lot less lint in the dryer. Camping I've used a bucket & plunger, worked great
You can buy laundry plunder, Lehamn sells them
@@Boone22 A Dollar Tree toilet plunger with holes (drilled in it w/a large drill bit) works just as well & costs tons less!
@@cathyrowe594 thank you. Mine is probably a 1960 metal, the top of the upper cone vent pours the water back off. It's great technology. It's designed just for laundry
Oh yes! This is how me and my sisters helped our mom do the washing. I would not have a problem doing my washing like this if needed. Your wash tub is very nice with the two sinks. I think clothes brought in from hanging on the line is the most refreshing smell. Gods sunshine and a cool summer breeze to make the laundry fresh. Kind of a lost art now, I am thinking.
I just told my friend that we need to back off the technology a bit, so many teenagers have no idea how good things were. They do not appreciate anything, my grandson had to get a passport for a trip to Greece and he needed to sign it and he had to cursive sign and he asked his mom "what's cursive" he is a senior in high school.
It being up to 110 this summer in Texas. I hung my clothes on the clothes line. Actually took less dry time than the dryer and lot cheaper. During the hottest months only little over $300.00 light bill a month. Glad cooler now. But, still hanging out now.
I was born in 1984 in the USSR and my mom and other people did their laundry using washboards and those simple soap bars and soda and vinegar😁so amazing to watch this all over again in almost 40 years. Watched the video from start to end👍
I have my grandmother’s old wringer washer and it still works great. When the weave is warm I love to use that for my laundry and hang them on a clothesline. I remember standing on a stool and “helping her” I was probably more in her way, but she always acted like she loved my help’ lol. Using that old machine brings back so many good memories for me and I enjoy it so much.
I haven’t watched someone do laundry like that since my grandma! I remember I was helping her once and got a finger smashed by the roller. Our forefathers and foremothers worked so very hard!
My grandma rly got hurt by an electric wringer
My husband brought a commercial three sink stainless tub home, he thought I might like it. I had no idea what to do with it, it's out by my back porch. I just ordered the wringer, I love the idea of this! Thank you Miss Lori, Great video, and very peaceful, too.
You could do 2 rinses!
Lucky you !!!
Hello, if you don't mind where did you get your wringer? I can't find Miss Lori amazon list.
@@gigihomestead2927 Yes Ma'am, if you look right under the video, there is "more" to click on. It drops down a menu of links, one of them is Wippoorwill Holler's Amazon shopping page. I found it right on that list. Hope this helps!
Although I do a weekly load in a washing machine I also do quite a bit of hand washing for things I feel will last longer if kept out of the machine. There is something wonderfully satisfying about hand washing , about watching marks come off and dirt disappear as you scrub, and at the same time I find it gives me a wonderful feeling of connectedness with the millions of women who came before me and the millions today who are hand washing because they have neither machine or electricity. All sisters together, coming together in a virtual joining at the washbasin, caring for the clothes of those we love. Basic, done by women in time immemorial. Infinitely satisfying.
I loved this video. Mom had a washer with a ringer when I was a little girl too. I would watch her and then helped her hang the clothes outside on clothesline. She too eventually got an electric washer but we still hung them outside to dry. We had 4 of us children in the family and I can remember having 2 full lines of diapers that in the winter would freeze before getting completely dry and then we would bring in and hang on wooden drying racks and anywhere else we could find. Loved those days. Thank you for helping to remind me of how much love went into keeping our home healthy and happy with everything mom did. Love y'all
This is so special. I love watching how you embrace the old ways. My mom had five children and used a washboard until it fell off the moving truck. She cried.....then she got a wringer washer and was so happy.
That's what my mom had, the wringer washer and i helped her.
That was awesome Miss Lori! I wondered how to use the board with the soap, I would not have known to rub the soap on the board! You are a true gem! Thanks for the lesson.
Thank you Miss Lori for this demo. When I was young my Great Grand Mother had a heart pacer and couldn't use electric washer. She had an old ringer. So we used the bathtub Biz and a plunger. All her garden dresses would come out clean. We would laundry once a week.
Wash with handsline dry. Candles for light an heat. Food prep, sewing, kni t etc make quits with blankets. Etc.❤😊
When wash day came each week, mom put a pot of beans, or some other soup on cooking for dinner. She had a lot of mouths to feed. We had a wringer washer and a wash tub to rinse. The wash tub had many uses when not used for laundry; we had our baths in it, it was used to gather fruits and vegetables among other things. I use fels naptha for stubborn stains. Thank you for being here for us. Love and God bless you.
Laugh? Never! Knowledge is power. I appreciate the time you take to share your skills with others.
I loved this ❤❤ My Mum would put dirty nappies (diapers) in a bucket with vinegar in the water before she washed them. They would come up snowy white every time. When she was a new wife she had a dolly tub to wash clothes in and a long stick with three legs at the bottom and a handle at the top that was used to agitate the clothes. Later on she got an electric twintub machine that had a washing drum at one side and a separate spin dryer at the other side. This is how I first learned to wash laundry as a child. I’m very thankful I know how to wash clothes by hand. ❤❤
Fond memories of growing up in a logging camp, coal oil and white gas lanterns with mantles, 2 45 gallon horizontal drums on top of each other with the fire in the bottom for cold winter nights, pee pot, freezing at night, hand washing on scrub boards, hauling water from the creek in a enameled bucket, we used a converted McClarron wood stove with a sawdust hopper, a big galvanized tub used for baths starting with dad and mom then down the line of 5 kids. The meat house over the creek with burlap curtains, if there was not a beef hanging there were wild animals providing year round meat, we used vinigar and black pepper to make the hard skin, putting root veggies in the root cellar, As time marched on the maytag gas powered washing machine, a old generator with the paper covered wires for the weekends or holidays. Our first radio was a RCA and CAT eye 6 volt battery as the cold War of the Cuban missile crisis was getting tense. Listening to bat Masterson or have gun will travel on Friday nights. Those were the simple days with many fond memories.
I have never seen this before. I had no idea how labor intensive it is. God bless you, Miss Lori. You have taught me something that we might need to put into practice. Reminds me of a funny story.... My step-daughter lived on top on a mountain. She had 2 plastic garbage cans in the back of her truck. She filled them both up with water. One soapy and one clear. She put the dirty clothes in the soapy water and went down to town. Slosh-slosh. Wringged them out and put them in the clean water and went back up the mountain. Slosh-slosh...Washing done!
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One of my childhood memories was helping my mom do laundry and wringing the laundry through the wringer 💛This was so relaxing for me to watch… you inspire me Mrs. Lori 🥰
I helped my Mom do the laundry when I was young. I was always certain I would get my fingers smashed flat, but you have to do it! ❤
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When I was around 7 years old I didn't let go of the clothing quick enough and my hand and arm was pulled thru the wringer.
My Brother, who was about 13, went into panic mode and instead of hitting the reverse lever, he grabbed the end of the of the wringer and picked it up, which allowed me to slip my arm and hand out. I didn't suffer any real injury - just mild numbness for a little while.
My Brother, however, did not fare as well: the wringer slammed down and the tip of one of his fingers was caught. When my Mother and another Brother got the wringer to release and and my Brother's finger out, his finger under the nail bed was already turning black and swelling.
He was suffering.
When our Daddy got home from work later, he took his pocket knife and heated the blade in a flame.🔥
Then he twisted the tip of the knife around and around and around until he had drilled a hole in the fingernail. This released the pressure and greatly relieved the pain for him. Some salve was applied and the finger wrapped loosely.The bruising and some soreness lasted quite a while, but I was so glad that he didn't lose a finger to the wringer - and I didn't suffer a crushed hand and arm.
No laughing here! Nothing but admiration ❤ Everyone needs to know how to do laundry like that. Thanks for sharing❤️ LOVE your videos!
I love this♥️ When you were thinking about how long your homemade laundry soap lasts I found myself saying “about a year “ as I’ve made it about 12 years ago!! I’ve never found anything I like better 😍. We just bought a house in town with a water well and big garden area.
NOTHING smells or feels better than “hung out “ line laundry.
Just said prayers for you, Mr. Brown and your family. God is good!
Nancy Rolfe
Thank you
Would you please say prayers for me✝️🙏💟🎄I am suffering with neuropathy arthritis my legs are weak. After going through menopause I can't digest any soybean oils or soy anything
Same here. I thought to myself, about a year! ❤️