Mouldy peg bag

Buy one of those net bags used for washing your delicates in. At least the pegs will be about to dry out properly when the bag is hung up.

nannypiano

My peg bag must be 30 years old. It's just a cotton one with a front pouch and a hanger to put on the line. I aways bring it indoors after use and it seems to go on and on.

Mine to nannypiano-quite surprised to hear how many have experienced problems or resorted to plastic

Milest0ne

Welshy

You could try Astonish Mould & Mildew Remover, it gets rid of mould in showers etc. Worth a try if your going to throw it out anyway. It's cheap.

Excellent product. I have only found it available at a discount store

Sorry I didn't mean to duplicate I must be slow at typing

I keep mine in a bucket the children used on the beach to make sand castles.
It`s 30 years old and still going well.

Smart bird indeed.
Babies safe and gently rocked in the breeze.

Buy a new one, lifes too short!!

This was my DM's oilskin peg bag, including her pegs, she passed in 2003 and I've been using it since, it has been patched with a little duct tape in a couple of places. It will see me out I hope.

Nope, buy another! And look after the next one!?

Don’t worry about it, it just a peg bag.

Oldwolf

No use to you I'm afraid, but we had a rarely used peg bag hanging on the washing line, and last year we noticed much coming and going of our resident robin. On checking the peg bag, we discovered her nest and four eggs! Plenty of more suitable local and natural places including several specially designed robin nestboxes to rear her brood, but she chose to use it anyway. After fledging, there was one "dud" egg remaining in the nest, so we assume that three chicks were successfully reared.

Yes, but Mrs Robin could be certain she and her babies were safe from cats. I have yet to see the cat tight-rope walking on my clothes-line!

And her babies may even have been safe from the magpies and crows there.

Smart bird!

I just leave my pegs on the line.

Welshy

You could try Astonish Mould & Mildew Remover, it gets rid of mould in showers etc. Worth a try if your going to throw it out anyway. It's cheap.

Excellent product. I have only found it available at a discount store

My peg bag must be 30 years old. It's just a cotton one with a front pouch and a hanger to put on the line. I aways bring it indoors after use and it seems to go on and on.

That's cute oldwolf .

When my son went to nursery aged 3 we had to send in a pair or plimsolls in a bag. I made a black bag and attached a picture of Paddington Bear to the front, drawing up the top with an old bootlace.
I'm happy to say that son was 40 this year and the Paddington bag has been successfully holding pegs for about 36 years.

Lovely robin story .

I have a plastic peg bag with large drainage holes. It lives on the washing line (also attached by a carabiner), which irritates me, but is better than having the pegs on there, which my husband insisted on leaving out after bringing in the washing ?. This was an ongoing source of conflict, so rather than kill him dead I thought the plastic bucket thing was at least a compromise.

When my last peg basket started disintegrating I re-purposed an old apron, with a large pocket, just as my Mother did. I was pleasantly surprised at how much easier it made hanging out the washing.

Robins

White vinegar kills some mould, could try that. I need to get a new peg bag/box, thanks for the reminder.

Talking of birds (love your Robin story Oldwolf) if you have a fledgling in danger in your garden, you can peg a box onto your washing line and pop them in there. I suffered agonies last year with a blackbird fledgling in my garden in the same spot for hours. I'd kept my cat in, but worried about the sparrowhawk/neighbour's cats.

I attached a hanger to my ice cream box.

No use to you I'm afraid, but we had a rarely used peg bag hanging on the washing line, and last year we noticed much coming and going of our resident robin. On checking the peg bag, we discovered her nest and four eggs! Plenty of more suitable local and natural places including several specially designed robin nestboxes to rear her brood, but she chose to use it anyway. After fledging, there was one "dud" egg remaining in the nest, so we assume that three chicks were successfully reared.

How about a spray with Dettol mould and mildew cleaner that you can use on the shower afterwards.

You could try Astonish Mould & Mildew Remover, it gets rid of mould in showers etc. Worth a try if your going to throw it out anyway. It's cheap.

Well thank you for all your replies everyone. As you say, it’s not worth the effort. I will put it down to experience and just get a simple plastic peg container. ?

I use a small bucket. I stand it on a chair near the washing line when in use and am very careful to put it in the carport when not is use, even if it doesn't look like rain.