[Greenbuilding] drying clothes

[candtcampbell at juno.com]

If I may, I'd like to get back to the practicalities of transitioning from dryers to racks and lines. Questions:

1. In areas where pine pollen, birds and insects abound, how do you keep them from soiling clothes hung to dry outdoors?

2. How many linear feet of line or square feet of rack is necessary if I need the capacity to dry 2 loads simultaneously, at most?

3. What materials should lines and racks be made of? How are they constructed?

Charles