Wild Tricks from Our Ancestors
How to Make your Clothesline More Sustainable
Stepping away from plastic pegs could make all the difference!

How many pegs have you bought in your lifetime?
I shudder to think how many pegs I have bought. Plastic pegs are great until they inevitably degrade in the outdoors, fade and break. Wooden pegs don’t last long at all in our humid climate and can even stain clothing.
Stainless steel pegs might seem expensive, but if you buy quality they will never need to be replaced! Now that’s a sustainable solution.
I have been slowly replacing my pegs for two years now and I am completely sold on my stainless steel pegs. The first ones I ever bought still look like new! They are made from marine-grade stainless steel and never leave the clothesline.
I don’t throw away any pegs until they break so my clothesline is currently a mix of plastic and stainless steel. The last wooden peg gave up long ago.
According to Neatspiration, stainless steel pegs were invented by Monsieur Violet in 1969 after his wife complained about having to replace her plastic and wooden pegs all the time. The story goes that, 50 years later, she is still using the original stainless steel pegs.
From this we can conclude that it’s a solid investment in a sustainable solution to the endless plastic holding our clothes on the line!
This story was written in response to the “Wild Tricks from Our Ancestors” prompt from Tea with Mother Nature. Have a trick to share? Feel inspired by that title? Check out the prompt here: