The Amish Home Savings Manual: Simple Systems That Help a Household Keep More Money

Save $4,000–$6,000 a year on your heating, water, electric, and home-repair bills — using 93 plain household methods Amish families have used for generations. Now in a 700+ page Second Edition by Elias and Esther Yoder.Inside this Second Edition (700+ pages, 93 chapters across 13 sections):• Heat — 9 chapters · heat without gas/electricity, the wood-stove electricity trick, drafts, attic blanket, window quilts, foot warmer, heat mass, the solar window, bitter-winter survival• Cooling — 10 chapters · the $4 hot-house fix, the $2 air-conditioner powder, shade trees, summer kitchen, bucket cooler, attic fan, earth tube, painted roof• Water — 8 chapters · harvest water from air, free yard watering, rain barrel, hand pump, leak audit, sand filter, greywater, the pipe trick• Power — 2 chapters · the $300 solar setup, easy all-in-one solar• Pantry — 7 chapters · preserve meat without a fridge, sauerkraut, root cellar, rendering lard, drying garden, vinegar mother, eleven bulk staples, single-flame cold box• Kitchen — 2 chapters · the sand oven, kitchen tricks• Garden — 7 chapters · 100 lb potatoes in 4 sq ft, three sisters, saved seeds, sheet mulching, cold frame, chicken tractor, the weed the Amish grow on purpose, Epsom salt• Pests — 10 chapters · the DE primer, ants, roaches, rats, mosquitoes, ticks, wasps, fire ants, vinegar/borax/peroxide pest recipes• Household — 9 chapters · $6 laundry detergent, $2 bathroom stain powder, hydrogen peroxide everywhere, lye soap, beeswax candles, petroleum jelly, dish soap, kitchen tricks• Cleaning — 5 chapters · vinegar (volume I and II), baking soda, baking soda + vinegar (safely), borax, detergent + salt• Remedies — 4 chapters · castor oil topical, ACV, coconut oil, oil pulling• Structure — 6 chapters · 50-year wood protection, rust-proofing, linseed oil, lime wash, storm windows, foundation moisture• Land — 4 chapters · spot bad land in 60 seconds, off-grid mistakes, off-grid in 30 days for $25k, twenty wilderness tricks• Money — 1 chapter · twenty Depression-era habits worth keepingEvery chapter has the materials list, current 2026 prices, step-by-step builds, and an honest note on what each method does and does not do. Plus safety paragraphs on every chemical/chemical-adjacent method (no bleach + ammonia, no internal use of borax or hydrogen peroxide, etc.).Most readers earn the $47 back in the first month from the draft-sealing fix and the water-heater setpoint change alone.Instant access — emailed to you within 60 seconds. Read on any phone, tablet, computer, or print on plain paper. 7-day money-back guarantee. Lifetime updates free.— Elias and Esther YoderLancaster County · 2026