Alaska off-grid Cabin - Washing Clothes
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Laundry on the off-grid homestead doesn't have to be gruesome. Check out this powerful little machine that won't break the bank. I love it!! Oh yeah! and I make English muffin sausage sandwiches on the woodstove. Whoop!!
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Very handy! Ya know, u could skip using the vacuum & instead, lightly dust your floor with dog biscuit crumbs and turn those two giant furballs loose! 🤔🙀😹😹✌️🇱🇷
Ha! Then I could save lots of money on entertaining…no one would ever come over again. Ha!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Pssshhhhh, u could invite everyone over 4 a mop party. Costumes would be encouraged & Lysol mini bottles could be used as party favors. ... or not 🤣✌️
Oh my gosh! I love it! Ha!
One last thing, keep that party idea for the future - drywall, roof work, siding, etc... Just call it a party. 🤔 Y'all are good sports.
@@IzzaMeanCat Right?! Now…who can I get to fall for that….? Ha!
Looks like a handy little washer/dryer. Better than running to the laundromat every week.
Definitely!! Probably once a month I have to find a full-size washer and dryer to wash things like overalls and such. Usually, I just trade my neighbor, eggs or canned goods for the use of their washer.
Those English muffins put over the hot water lid to rise was a super idea!! I bet that breakfast was delicious!
Thanks! It’s a great place to rise bread too. Or keep things warm after they have come out of the oven on Thanksgiving. Ha!
I’m always amazed as to how you two find a sensible way to get things done. Quite an accomplishment.
Thanks! What a great compliment. 😊💕💕
Hi Chrystal Hi Reeve Happy Saturday! Handy dandy washer that is! So happy to see the drain system is working well from your last video! Your breakfast looked delicious!
Thanks sweet friends! 💕💕Thanks for sharing your Saturday coffee with us. 🥰
That washer is so cute. Having the drains in now sure is making things easier for you 😊
Hooray for drains!! Whoop!!
Hello Crystal and Reeve. Happy that the drain system is working great. That little washer is awesome.
Thanks sweet friend. 😊
You can probably spin out one bath towel at a time if you hand wring the water out of it first. It's a good idea to buy a new or a second hand mangle/ hand wringer. These are brilliant rollers you can use with any washing machine . You just need somewhere to attach them to. An empty drum is a good idea or over an old style fire copper. As I suggested earlier, putting big items thru the mangle/wringer even a few times is great for removing the majority of excess water, then most things will go in the spinner one at a time. Washing can began all day affair but that's life offgrid. CHEERS 🇦🇺🤗💞🙏👍👌✌️👏🇺🇸
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Much better for you then doing it on the wash board. It's like a camper model. So cute.
Thanks!
When I was little my Grandmother used to take me to our reservation in New Mexico. We didnt have running water or electricity. I remember using that washboard to clean clothes and skinning my knuckles real good! I don't think most people realize how difficult cleaning clothes that way can be. Super interesting video! Thank you!
You’re right, it’s super hard on your hands. By the time you’re done washing, there’s no strength left in your hands for wringing. Glad you enjoyed this one. 😊
When I was married in 76, our apt had a cast iron bath tub, I used an antique scrub board, Jean's and sheets were the worst!!
@@ljtminihomestead5839 But a cast iron tub! Whoop!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska apt was in an old Victorian was beautiful, 85.00 month with heat and water! Now, forget it, be about 2k a month with nothing.
@@ljtminihomestead5839 awesome!
Love it! Such a hard working couple
Awwww! Thanks friend. I gotta tell you though. I feel pretty pampered by the drains!!! So so happy!
You can buy a dedicated clothes spinner. And probably wouldn't take anymore power than a vacuum.
I really enjoyed this episode. It was nice to see more of your life and how you manage the day to day things. I'm so happy you got your drain working. Everything at God's pace, which is not always ours, but with his guidance we always succeed. Always a joy to see you both. Much love from Rhode Island, Terry 💯 ❤️ ♥️ 🙏🙏
Thanks Terry! Have a blessed week sweet friend. 😊
Good morning! I understand the things you have to do, frugally, in order to get things done! We became very proficient and inventive for laundry, cooking and such. Plus, I liked the challenge of finding creative and frugal ways of doing things. Good job, ya'll! Yay! Sunshine! We, too, are enjoying the 60 degree weather difference! 😊
Thanks friend. Whoop! 20° today! And sunshine!
Hello and kudos to you both for living four years primitive by so many’s standards. When I was younger Saturday was wash day and my brothers, sister and I carried water from a spring that was 1/4 mile away with a 5 gallon bucket in each hand.
My mother would roll out a Hoover washing machine that had a spinner on it like yours, but only bigger.
It took all day to wash clothes for the 6 of us and hung them on a clothes line to dry. I
n the winter we still carried water and daddy had rigged up a drainage pipe for the washing machine. We hung clothes all over the house on hangers and chairs to dry.
But, I loved my childhood, wish I could go back.
Have a blessed weekend and you deserve the cookies this time ❤️
Awwww! Such fun memories. Thanks sweet friend. 😊
That looks like the perfect little unit for Charlie and I! Thanks for sharing! -Dusty
It would be great for Charlie’s clothes!
We love watching your videos. We just bought a home in Alaska. We moved from southern Arizona last week and couldn’t be happier. Keep up the great videos. So many ideas for our property!
Yay!! Thanks for watching, neighbor. 😊
Oh my..I complain about my washing routine..but you work very hard with your chores. Really enjoyed watching you get about your day..
Thank you for sharing your time watching our video. 💕Be blessed sweet friend.
Well thank you beautiful lady for sharing your laundry day. Hot digity dammmm that little washer unit is fantastic! Love it, not to say I will trade mine in for something like that but wow I am impressed with that for sure and what a great help for you . Boy that washer board sure brings memories back for me. My mom used one for our laundry ( 6 kids ) until she could afford a wringer washer. We were all amazed by that machine and those rubber rollers. We also took the lid off and unscrewed the knob to take sledding down our local hill. Mom didn't know about that part. We always made sure we put it back in its place before she noticed... lol lol boy that was some fast sled. I do have to say living in the city we can not have a clothes line here which I truly miss. There is nothing like having your sheets blowing in the wind and the freshness it creates. Loved that about travelling through Europe. In Italy at the hotel they had all the sheets blowing on the roof top drying. I asked what they put in their sheets to make them so white. They said Nothing. The sun makes them stay nice and white. Cheers!!
Awwww! I’m glad you enjoyed this one. Thank you for sharing your beautiful memories. So fun!
We had our washing machine and dryer both kick the bucket at the same time. Laundry by hand for a few weeks was not fun. That little machine is certainly neat. Good thing for good neighbours for the heavy items, hard on the hands ringing out. Breakfast looks great, I’m feeling full just looking at it!
Thanks friend! You really get a respect for the old time washer women when you’ve washed clothes by hand. Yuck!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska oh yeah! Shower and stomping on clothes. 😆 fun times. I’ll need to invest in one of these little machines eventually. Laundry flying on the line as we speak. Jam in the making. Have a great day! Saved your vid to my discord server for off grid.
@@northerngirlhobbies Happy stomping and jamming! Sounds like a dance party! Whoop!!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska 😆💃
Makin' it happen! Breakfast looked too good - watching with Kim and said, oh look, two for Mr Reeve and Mrs Chrystal gets one...nope! Mr Reeve is well cared for!
@MattsGarage1791 - I was thinking the same thing! 🤣🤣
Awww! He’s a keeper. He works way harder than me. I usually eat as I go along, except for dinner. We always have dinner together. 💕💕
Happy Saturday Chrystal and Reeve, thanks for the video ✨✨
Thanks sweet friend! Have a great weekend!!
The washing machine is pretty neat. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks friend! We love it. 😊
I wash and spin my bed sheets and jeans with no problem with my twin tub washer
@@NiqueeeT17 awesome!
We have a similar washing machine. Ours is a tiny bit bigger, but works exactly the same. I actually really like how clean it can get clothes! You can run stuff through it several times to get it super clean or run the "wash" cycle a couple times with the same water even to get stuff extra clean. Homesteading makes lots of very dirty clothing! LOL
Right?! Mr. Reeves work shirts are a three trip load. Ha!
Good morning, Miss Crystal and Mr.Reeve. Happy Saturday. 😊 I had a machine like that when I used to rent and didn't have in suite laundry. It definitely saved some money as the laundry Mat was fairly pricey in comparison . I used a couple lengths of clothesline that a friend put connectors on the end, and made 2 rows lengthwise on my deck railing. Worked fantastic. I bet your clothes dry quickly upstairs, lol. 😊 Take good care!!
As hard as washing clothes is by hand, I still opted to stand outside with that bin and a jug of water scrubbing rather than trek to the laundry mat 30 minutes away and pay $8 for a load of laundry…to waste 1/2 a day watching my clothes tumble. Ha! So glad to have this little machine. 😊
Hi Chrystal and Reeve, now since it's only me, that would be perfect to do my washing
It’s so great Miss Andrea and the clothes come out so spun that I sometimes just hang them on the kitchen chairs to dry if I’m just doing one small load. Happy Saturday sweetheart. 💕
I bought one from Amazon few yrs ago for my dad, it's still going. He uses a bucket to drain in we figured out, putting the washer on a milk crate helps. He loves it. We just came back from visit. Productive weekend.
Oh yay! Glad to hear he’s doing well. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Getting there was a feat. Husband's truck broke down on way. All is good got there, getter done!
@@ljtminihomestead5839 whoop!
Those are great washers! My mom had one for their little apartment!
I love it so much!
We lived in an old farmhouse for about 4 yrs, and I had to haul water into a bathtub and use a washboard like that, then ring by hand and hang on lines outside, the clothes would literally freeze dry in the winters sometimes. Once in awhile I was blessed to get to go to a laundry mat. Then I was gifted a ringer washer, that helped alot. 4 yrs later we moved into a modern home and I was so happy. I have seen washers like yours but have never used one.
Hello Miss Bonney! Thank you so much for gifts you sent. 💕💕💕 After using that washboard, I feel so pampered with this little machine. But especially…my drains! I love the drains! Have a blessed weekend friend! Yay for 20°!!
@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska You're quite welcome! This week is spoiling us with weather, but after a week of this cold weather again, I don't think too many minuses, from here on out at least. So happy for your drains! Next Water! Blessings friend!
@@bonneymoseley1159 😊💕
Love those little washers; i used to have one in an apartment.
I may have missed it, but didn't see you do a rinse cycle.
Im so fascinated by off grid living:)
Hey friend, I talked about it, but I didn’t do it on camera. 💕
That’s the cutest washing machine! Seems very efficient too. Mr. Reeve was eating like a king again. Blessings to you both. Val
I love that little machine…and that handsome king. 💕💕 Be blessed sweet Val.
Wow MR reeves is spoiled looks yummy. What he had for breakfast Crystal are used to have a washer just like that a little bit bigger. It was a floor model I used to get maybe three pairs of jeans couple T-shirts for one load but the spinner is a little bit smaller but still did a good job again I really enjoyed myself talking to you on that lifestream and I always. Share your videos on Facebook publicly
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We enjoyed having you on the live. 😊 We’re there every Thursday at 5. It’s a nice visit with friends all over the world. It’s a refreshing break in our week. Be blessed sweetheart.
That’s pretty handy.
We love it!
That is the cutest little washer I've seen. We getting all high class on us now, you got a drain 😂🎉❤. Fancy, fancy. Great breakfast you cooked for Mr Reeves 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩
Ha! Thanks Miss Mary!
I had a machine similar in our RV. I was shocked at how dirty the water was. I never see the water in my house washer. I put it in the shower with a filter on the drain hose. Again, I was shocked at the amount of lint that collected. You’re right, things came out of the spinner just next to dry. I drained my wash water so I could use clean to rinse then spin again but I had unlimited water. I finally found out using a little vinegar kept the clothes from being stiff. Fabric softener didn’t work. One day you’ll have a well & it’ll be so much easier.
Hey friend, it’ll be a long while before we get a well. Upwards of 5 years or so, I’m sure due to having to upgrade to a larger solar system, upgrade the driveway for a well truck, generator, all the things. Ha! We moved off-grid to these 40 acres from a big house in the cul-de-sac. We are very happy with the life we traded for. Regardless, there are still lots of upgrades to come. 😊Be blessed sweet friend.
TONGS?? You truly are the kitchen Ninja!! I'm glad to see you're enjoying the drains! One more way to make life a little easier for you. Nifty little washing machine, but I'm W A A A Y
too spoiled I'm afraid. Those breakfast sammies have my stomach grumbling now. They looked soo good! If that was dough into English muffins, I'd love to have that recipe! Enjoy the rest of your weekend. ❤❤
They were FANTASTIC Miss Sandi!
The tongs are my favorite part!! I seasoned that sausage with some of those seasonings that you sent us and then added a junk ton of sage. It is delicious!
@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska - Tell me which blend you liked & I'll get you more. 😉
(In exchange for the English muffin recipe, maybe?) 😁😎
@@sandijammes7761 it was the country sausage one. So good!
@@sandijammes7761 ruclips.net/video/jfeOoyOvlpU/видео.htmlsi=5IceEolzi7U5UhVD English muffin recipe, is very similar to this one, except I use heavy whipping cream instead of whole milk. And this time I didn’t let it do it first rise, but only because I forgot. Ha!
We forget how our grandparents lived in the 1930's and earlier. I remember watching my aunt use one of those ringer that was two rollers and a hand crank. Nice to see how your truly making it work on your homestead. On the vacuum. Could you get a Dyson or shark vacuum that charges hanging on the wall and then tou take down to vacuum. Not sure how many charging watts it would take, but may be an option.
Thanks for sharing Judy. We have a shark allergen machine. With amount of dust and animals around here, that one’s a must. We did have one of those battery vacuums as a backup for when the power is low, but the battery on it is toast and it’s $110 to replace the battery. Yikes! Ha! Be blessed sweet friend.
I am considering getting on of those washers for my place. Thanks for sharing.
Cool! You’re welcome to check ours out up close and personal. 😊
We've got one of those. Very small but actually washes really well. Nice video!
Thanks friends! Enjoy the warm weather while it lasts. 😊
I use mine twice a week
What it wont wash are blankets and coats
The spinner does my towels n jeans .
I fill mine by hand .
These units literally clean your clothes by far better and for less
I love this little machine. 😊 Thanks for watching.
You guys have an awesome set up! And man, youuu can cook girl!!! 😋
Awwww! Thanks. 😊
Super interesting.
I will never complain about doing laundry again...
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Ha! It’s waaaaay better than washing by hand. I feel pampered. Ha!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska I was thinking of the washboard, no drains, whooof.
@@jenniferr2057 Right?! That is rough. It’s a fine way to do laundry if you hate your hands. Ha! Be blessed sweet friend.
Holy spin cycle! I was NOT expecting that at all lol.
That washer is pretty stinking cool. I looked at one a while back that was in the $400 range and was like no thank you haha. We have a regular washer because we're on grid, but I'm always looking for ways to lower that bill.
Thanks for the video! 😃
Glad you enjoyed it! I had looked at them a year or so ago and they were so ridiculously expensive that I just gave up on it. When I went looking again for this one, there were a lot that were over $200 but the reviews were always sketchy. I figured if I spent $120 and it went horribly wrong, at least I wasn’t out 200 bucks. But I’ve been very pleasantly surprised with this one.
It's only $120? wow. Washing Power: 240W - so that's a lot of juice. 2 amps. I could pretty much charge that on my bicycle generator. hahahaha.
So American biscuits are the equivalent of griddle scones to UK , Kiwis and Aussies.
Funny. We call this type of bread “english muffins” griddle scones sound way more exact. Ha! Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Theres such a thing as "English muffins" but they're very different to your biscuits.
We were raised on "SCONES" baked in the oven.other made 3 oven trays of them every weekend. Plain, dates, and cheese were the most common ones she made. A tray full was pressed out onto the floured bench and cut into 1& half inch squares at a guess and placed on a very hot tray dusted with flour, the flour would even burn a little ,she picked up a few at a time placed them back together on the tray and as they rose and cooked they'd join together. These were farmers wife scones, very basic and roughly cut. Once cooked in a hot oven (350deg from memory) sh3d slide the whole lot onto a dry teatowel on a cooling rack and cover. So darn delicious hot or cold. Very few made it to the cold stage and if hey did they were buttered and typed with Vegemite, jam, or homey and taken with a Billy of hot tea to the dairy for milking snacks the next day.
@@heatherclayton-callaghan4270 that sounds awesome!!
You do not rinse them out in the spinner to get the soap and dirt out.
Hey friend, We run them through a clean water rinse after the first washing and spin. Basically they just get run through the same process again except I put clean water in the washing bin instead of adding soap on the second run through. I talked about it a little bit, but didn’t show it. Hope that helps. Thanks!
How much did the washing machine cost? Was it expensive? Can you start it and see how it works? Does it get your clothes really nice and clean that’s cool
I answer that at the end of the video Miss Simone. 😊
Happy Saturday to you both; have a wonderful day! Do you sell your soap?
Hey Miss Dee! Not yet. I’m made some for wedding favors, Christmas presents, etc. I am setting up the loft space as a soap studio as we speak. I should have things ready for sale Septemberish. I’ll announce it on the channel. Any soap requests?
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska yes actually I have sensitive skin but homemade is always better as long it is not too heavy on that perfume flowers scent I should be good.
@@deebrake I plan on doing mostly essentials for fragrance. 😊 Is it the fragrance you are mostly sensitive to?
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska yes fragrance is the issue.; I can only describe it as when you smell the older perfumes from years ago
@@deebrake I totally get it, I have a sensitivity to artificial fragrances as well. 😊
Is always fun watching you both doing everything there...
If I'd like to send you pics, what email address do I use? Ty
Thanks friend, our email address is theflattirefarm at gmail.
But wait! You washed but never rinsed...just spun the clothes. I'm confused.
Hey friend, I think I talked about the rinse but didn't show it on camera. After you spin the clothes, you put everything back in the first drum, them refill and repeat the first step. Thanks for watching and be blessed.
What brand is the washer
@@iamhisblessing here’s the link 😊 amzn.to/48dMGhI looks like its on sale for $80 right now whoop!
Just saying I caught that unintentional dad joke Crystal! You were shocked at the amount of power the vacuum uses! Loved "all the things!" That means a lot at our house too!
@beccanlevisalaska has the same thing I believe!
Ha! I didn’t even catch my own joke. I think that adds to my awesomeness! Ha! Be blessed friend.