Things to look for...
Dec. 28th, 2006 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenWith the recent interest among some local people in Peak Oil prep, becoming more self-reliant, etc., I've been looking at different things like seed catalogs, solar and other alternative energies, etc. Some happily fall into both the self-reliant category and the SCA category, such as growing flax, weaving, pottery, and yes, even feast ware. I have an abiding interest in how things work, including the every day mechanics of having a meal. It's interesting to be coming back to some things I was looking at a few years ago (growing flax) and even more years ago (using less energy/alternative energy).
Today I was considering the possibility of at least handwashing smaller items of clothing. Not prepared for washing sheets, but I already hang dry a number of things, so why not wash those as well? But not wishing to be a slave to the task, I remembered there was a company in PA that sells all sorts of non-powered things, so I went out looking for it. Http://www.lehmans.com
Alas, the best washer will not fit in the budget in the near future, but I'll make a note of it in the list of things I'd like to get. And there's only the two of us, so I think I'll try to do at least some things, to sort of get used to it.
They have all sorts of interesting things in their catalog, Lehman's does. Like long wooden laundry tongs - useful for dyers too! Cast iron, copperware, canners and cookers, old-fashioned steel-cut nails, and the all-important rainbow suspenders (okay, they come in red and navy also).
Today I was considering the possibility of at least handwashing smaller items of clothing. Not prepared for washing sheets, but I already hang dry a number of things, so why not wash those as well? But not wishing to be a slave to the task, I remembered there was a company in PA that sells all sorts of non-powered things, so I went out looking for it. Http://www.lehmans.com
Alas, the best washer will not fit in the budget in the near future, but I'll make a note of it in the list of things I'd like to get. And there's only the two of us, so I think I'll try to do at least some things, to sort of get used to it.
They have all sorts of interesting things in their catalog, Lehman's does. Like long wooden laundry tongs - useful for dyers too! Cast iron, copperware, canners and cookers, old-fashioned steel-cut nails, and the all-important rainbow suspenders (okay, they come in red and navy also).
