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The Amish Home Savings Guide: Elsie Yoder ' s Complete System for a Clean, Pest-Free Home on Pennies a Day

You've been spending $150 to $200 a month on cleaning products. I've been doing the same jobs for sixty years with six ingredients that cost about $20 total.I'm Elsie Yoder, and I grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a home where my mother cleaned the whole house — kitchen, laundry, bathroom, every room — without a single bottle from the store. She used vinegar, baking soda, washing soda, borax, salt, and lye soap. The house was clean. The family was healthy. Nothing ever needed a second product to fix what the first one missed.I started sharing these methods on camera because so many women told me the same thing: nobody ever taught them this. They were spending more on cleaning supplies in a month than I spend in a year, and their bathrooms still had mold.This book is the whole system, written down in one place — not scattered across videos, not half-explained in a blog post, but everything I know organized the way you'd use it: by ingredient, by room, and by problem.What's inside — 14 chapters, 122 pages: The $20 Pantry — the six staples, how they work, and why each one beats the store equivalent; cost comparison table White Vinegar — scale, soap scum, mold, glass, odors, floors, produce; exact dilutions; where NOT to use it (marble, cast iron) Baking Soda — gentle scrubbing, deodorizing carpets and mattresses, plastic containers, laundry; the truth about mixing it with vinegar Washing Soda — heavy grease, oven cleaning, laundry boost, drains; the ingredient most people have never heard of and should be using Borax — mold treatment, laundry brightening, and the ant bait recipe that eliminates the colony (not just the workers you can see) Salt — cast iron cleaning, fresh spill absorption, copper polishing, oven spills; what it actually works on versus what people think it works on Lye Soap — how it's made, why it's safe, where it beats everything for grease stains and stovetop cleaning The Kitchen — the complete room system: counters, stovetop, grates, oven, range hood, refrigerator, drains, microwave, small appliances The Bathroom — toilet bowl ring, soap scum on glass doors, grout (remove and prevent), showerhead, mold on walls, hard-water faucets Laundry & Fabrics — the natural wash system; stain chart for 9 stain types; restoring sour-smelling laundry; washing machine cleaning Pests Without Poison — ant bait (the colony-eliminating recipe), roach treatment, clothes moths, fruit flies, mice; when to call a professional The Seasonal Deep Clean — spring and fall whole-house rotation; monthly maintenance calendar Quick Reference — master problem-to-solution table covering 30+ household problems; cost comparison of pantry vs. store The Field Guide — the one-page pocket checklist: 10 core recipes, pairing rules, what not to use on stone/wool, seasonal reminders Instant PDF — yours forever, on every device.Please note: The methods in this book reflect traditional household cleaning practices and are shared for educational purposes only. They are not a substitute for professional pest control, licensed home services, or medical advice. Results vary by surface type, water chemistry, and individual circumstances. Always test any solution on a small, inconspicuous area first. The author and publisher are not responsible for any damage, injury, or loss arising from the use of this information. The reader applies these methods at their own judgment and risk.

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