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  • From: Alia Tsang <alia@dietrick.org>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Alternative/traditional methods of doing laundry w/o a machine (how?)
  • Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 06:53:50 -0700

I'd wonder how much hauling a bunch of water around with you would reduce
your gas mileage, though.

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Linda <linda_shewan@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > You can put your clothes, water and whatever washing mix you choose in a
> big
> > bucket with a tight fitting lid and put it in the car when you go out,
> or on
> > the tractor etc. The agitation of driving washes it without any work
> > required!
> >
> > I haven't done it but know people who have and swear by it.
>
> It would absolutely work in the back of a pickup truck; try putting a
> open barrel
> of water there and after 5 miles there will be very little water left
> in it. The sloshing around agitation
> should get the dirt out of a load of clothes in a 20 mile round trip
> or so. Make sure there's plenty of
> open space inside for maximum water movement. Good idea, Linda, I
> think I will try this sometime soon.
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