How to Wash that Fibre Bed

My fibre bed that I place under me for cold northern winters weigh about 20 pounds- when its dry .

This is how I wash mine.Once a year. If I must .

I start at sunrise on what I know will be a long , hot summer day. It takes a few hours to wash it and a few hours to dry.

The fibre bed is like a mini mattress . You cannot put it into the washer...not even my front loader that is supposed to wash 20 pairs of jeans at one go . Yeah, right ! Like I believe that . A wet fibre bed weighs about a hundred pounds. Somehow I have the feeling it would be a load to kill all home washing machines.

Changing the Bed

The geese are long returned and bedding into their nests further north of me by at least a thousand kilometres . Through the spring Arctic months , goose mommies and goose daddies will design appropriate lodgings to house their eggs and nestle down for the hatching process .

Part of that process of building is making a 'cushy' bed that will keep their hatchlings warm and cozy in the cold of northern spring days and cool summer nights . A safe and secure location to spend hours...lined with down feathers that let adults , then eggs and finally hatchlings sink into the warmth of home .

I have dismantled my winter bed now . But when the geese escape the harshness of the approaching winter up north in September and slowly pick the way south , they will pass over my roof in November . That will be my signal . It 's time to put the goose down feather bed back on the mattress and snuggle in for the long winter .

Until then , my time maybe spent with garden beds.