Great designs arise from necessity.. and if there's one thing i need to find a solution to, it's how to get stuff dry around here!
All morning, we've had a drought... nice hot sunshine.. clouds coming and going and intermittently threatening to dump on my loads of freshly hung washing on the line.
The heavens just opened half an hour ago, for all of 5 minutes.. which was enough to get everything sufficiently wet that it won't be able to dry today. It's pretty frustrating, and if things aren't totally dry, they grow mould.. so I have come up with an idea.
Our current clothesline is a rope strung between two trees, and we have another one the same, up the top. I reckon if i can devise a way to build a structure to support some kind of waterproof fabric that acts as a shelter for the line, and can be easily drawn across when the first drops start, and then drawn back again when it stops five minutes later, i'd be onto a winner... :)
prototype to come... in my spare time :p
A record of my journey as i spend what promises to be a wonderfully rich and diverse year immersed in permaculture studies at Djanbung Gardens in Nimbin, NSW... I am really learning how to LIVE and thrive while creating a harmonious, sustainable and self sufficient lifestyle for my family, our community, and our planet... step by step.
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