How do you....................?

[quote="JJB" pid='25310' dateline='1623401614' As an aside how often do your gardening clothes get washed?  To save the embarrassment of others I'll own up that mine only get washed when they stand up by themselves, or get mud encrusted or smelly.  I work on the principle that they're going to get mucky so why bother about a bit of existing muck.  P will clean my gardening shoes out of the kindness of his heart, but I wouldn't bother until they're heavy with mud.  :D[/quote]

Not garden related, though connected to washing, when I got married my OH was shocked when came home and after taking my shirt off I stood it up by its self on the scullery floor while I washed in the sink, no bathroom, no shower etc., just a small sink and a wee water heater that if you turned the water flow on too strong it didn't heat, though must admit wasn't a great problem when she was giving me a hand to wash she was going to wash my shirt right away but I told her not to as it wasnt healthy to do that, as the body draws in some of the salts that are extruded when you sweat, it was also the same with my walking socks, I had to hide them from her every time I came home as she aways wanted to wash them, again not health for your feet to constantly wash them