14 {REALISTIC} Homemaking Habits from GRANDMA you might not like, but you NEED to be doing!

Grandma's time was tough, filled with hard work and limited resources. Yet, it taught valuable lessons about homemaking. Let's explore the simple, effective habits that helped Grandma keep a clean, efficient, and welcoming home. By adopting these timeless habits, we can bring simplicity, efficiency, and frugality into our own lives. ​

[senjahawks]

I'm a grandma, and I still do all these things. My mother, too.

[BENDRE]

I, too, am a grandma. And I too keep my home neat snd tidy.

[ImaOKay]

Handwriting dishes is faster and easier. Smart homemakers realize this. Wash as you work. ❤ Done and ready.

[leeanna]

Memories of my grandma (who experienced Great Depression) never played with me stood in kitchen and did the things in video. My mom born in 1933 lived in kitchen etc. also spent a lot of time doing what is in video. I chose a balanced life, I cooked simple healthy meals from scratch for the majority of time, but my children and my grandchildren actually have memories of a lot of games, zoos, walks, drawing, swimming, cooking out, evening fires etc. I chose to be remembered as being present. Times change-the male computer generated voice didn’t glorify Grandpa’s life without weed eater, lawn service, garage door opener, remote control etc. Often we romanticize the past without remembering the cost.

[senjahawks]

My mother did. I should say. I'm 73 now. I remember my mom used a scub borad until my dad bought her a wringer washer. She never had a dryer, always hung on the line. We had a very clean house. My mom scrub on her hands and knees. There were for of us kids.

[shirleyp]

All this is a way of life . Taught by my parents and I’ve passed these beliefs to my kids and grandkids to promote social and economic well being .

[Jules-]

I find hand washing dishes so satisfying. I don't even use dishwasher ever.

[madammim]

i do every one of these things naturally, I guess I'm just like grandma!

[anncawthon]

Grandma didn't have a job outside her home. She had time to keep a neater, cleaner home and always cook from scratch.

[BLK]

This is just life in the UK. We have tiny houses. we do not have laundry rooms. tiny kitchens, means, no space for a dish washer, and ur lucky if you can fit a washing machine in your kitchen. defo no space for a dryer. so we go to the laundrette, wash dishes by hand, and put our clothes to dry on the line.

[cynthiaakacyndsmith]

Just perfect and the older I get the more I appreciate. I just subscribed.

[kelsana]

On your handwashing dishes tip. As a Registered Nurse who took microbiology we did an experiment where people brought their forks from home. Some students used dishwashers, some washed by hand and the results when we streaked a plate of agar agar and incubated it for 48 hours to assess bacterial growth were: the hand washed forks results were covered with a hairy growth that filled the specimen plate. As opposed to the dishwasher forks Which had negligible or no growth. You pick.

[macylouwho]

This was definitely true of my grandma.

[shoebill]

In our apt, the dishwasher ran all it's cycles for two hours. Where is the savings on water and electricity in that? Washing by hand less than 20 to 30 minutes. Wash as you cook.

[gwenfehr]

Finished planting our garden today, except for a couple herbs.

[janeself]

Yes, This was my family style. Still is.

[letuswalkinthelightofthelo]

Are you talking about country grandma or city grandma?
They are not the same grandma.

[brega]

Line drying is great when your picky landlord is too busy to snoop around. Laundry takes electricity so does cooking. Because we have the highest electricity costs in the country, it is costly to cook and using the oven is off the charts.

[madelyngriffith-haynie]

Nobody ever said, before they died, “Darn! I wish I’d kept a cleaner house!”

[alanbirkner]

My mom hoarded trash, papers, and rags. We cleaned her place out periodically. I'm 74, worked full-time and we live in a small condo. Tina, Al's wife