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2016-10-26 15:21:23
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What, in my opinion, is always overlooked is drying the laundry. And as country bumpkins, they might have higher demands for stockpiling and storage (which of course can be done differently, I know, it also depends on the size of the property). By the way, we don’t have a basement, for cost reasons ;-).
I completely agree with you about drying the laundry. But instead of a drying room, where laundry was once stretched across an entire room, the trend is moving towards dryers. If you were to build a spacious room in a basement, the exhaust of the moist air would have to be regulated, not to mention the costs ;) Instead, you could rely on a covered outdoor area – most have a rotary clothesline and for small laundry loads a drying rack. In the small utility room upstairs, we have a wall-mounted thing where sportswear and wool can dry, the rest goes in the dryer. I'd be interested to know how a family of four manages this! I will probably start a separate thread for that :)
Besides, I wonder if the term country bumpkins refers to growing vegetables and fruit on one’s own property. When you spend 8 hours working, most are reluctant to tend their own patch in their free time. Some, including myself, make it manageable: zucchini, arugula, beetroot... next year I can plant in the greenhouse :) Of course, jars are also preserved. A cupboard is enough for those jars. But that’s not the kind of stockpiling practiced after the war, when there was otherwise nothing to eat: back then, people were forced to stockpile and picked apples from the roadside to make compote. These days, fruits from the home garden are rather processed fresh and eaten right away.
I should separate the basement part from the rest here ;) now to be found here: