A Dorothy Caudill guide · Mountain Household Secrets
You are tired of shelves full of jugs, sprays, and gadgets that do not do the job. This book gives you a short shelf of plain household staples, what each is for, how to use them safely, and what to stop buying.
Plus 1 separate bonus book.Including Before You Buy Another Jug.
One digital bundle. PDF to read or print, plus EPUB for e-readers.
01 · How it helps
These are the moments when another bottle looks like the answer. The book starts with the cause of the problem and a plain way to handle it.
Laundry day
“Why did my whites come out looking wrong after I used bleach?”
How to look at the water and the laundry problem before reaching for another jug. Chapter 02
“What do I do with a stain before it settles in?”
How to handle a fresh stain in the first few minutes. Chapter 03
Cleaning the house
“Why does the smell keep coming back after I freshen the room?”
How to look for the plain source of a household smell. Chapter 04
“Do I need a different bottle for every counter, sink, and window?”
How to clean counters, sinks, and glass with a smaller set of supplies. Chapter 05
“How do I keep my skillet and wooden tools from getting ruined?”
How to care for cast iron and household wood after each use. Chapter 06
“What can I do about the cold side of the house?”
How to find drafts and make an unused room less exposed to the cold. Chapter 08
When pests show up
“Why do the ants leave for a day and then come back?”
How to follow an ant line and clean the reason they are coming in. Chapter 09
“What do I do when I find mice near the food?”
How to look for gaps and deal with mice near the pantry. Chapter 10
“Why are there still flies or moths after I put out traps?”
How to check stored food and the kitchen for what is keeping pests there. Chapter 11
Out in the garden
“Do I need another garden-pest jug for the bean rows?”
How to check plants early and handle garden pests by hand. Chapter 12
02 · What’s inside
Each chapter begins with the household problem people kept bringing back to the hardware counter. Then it turns to the old plain practice behind the job.
03 · Your bonus book
You also receive Before You Buy Another Jug. It gives you a calm way to map damage, name the culprit with a plain field key, answer it cheaply, and check back.
$12 estimated bonus valueIncluded with your $27 book
Check before buying another jug.
A calm garden-pest reset: map the damage, name the culprit with a plain field key, answer it cheaply, and spend two weeks checking back. 29 pages.
Plus, at no extra charge: lifetime updates to the main book.
Individual values are estimates set by Dorothy Caudill, not previous selling prices. No physical books are shipped.
04 · The honest part
Not in this book: A single product said to handle every problem.
I show you how to match a plain staple to the job in front of you.
Not in this book: A way to cover up a smell without looking for its cause.
I show you where to look for the source first.
Not in this book: A claim that every stain, pest, or draft has the same answer.
I show you how to begin with the conditions that brought the problem on.
Not in this book: A long list of new things to put in your cart.
I keep to the few cheap, plain staples worth keeping.
Dorothy
05 · Who wrote it
Dorothy Caudill grew up in a holler outside Hazard, Kentucky, where her grandmother taught her the old mountain ways before the coal companies and box stores changed everything. She spent forty-three years working the customer service desk at a rural hardware co-op, watching people spend fortunes on products that failed while the solutions her family had used for generations sat forgotten.
She knows what actually works because she processed the returns. She saw which expensive treatments came back opened once, which miracle products turned into trash after a season, and which problems people kept throwing money at year after year. The mountain solutions her grandmother taught her cost almost nothing, last indefinitely, and use materials you can still find or grow.
She talks to you like a neighbor who's seen you struggle long enough and finally decided to tell you what actually works, not because she's selling it but because watching you waste money on junk hurts her conscience.
06 · The offer
Plus the bonus book included
PDF and EPUB editions to download, read or print.
No subscription. No shipping.
For $27, you receive the main book as digital PDF files and an EPUB for e-readers, along with the bonus. After payment, your download is ready. There is no subscription and no shipping.
Keep it where you can reach for it when a familiar household problem comes up.
What you get for $27:
Individual values below are publisher estimates. Everything is included in your $27 purchase.
The few cheap old staples worth keeping, what each is for, and what to stop buying
A calm garden-pest reset: map the damage, name the culprit with a plain field key, answer it cheaply, and spend two weeks checking back. 29 pages.
Future revisions of this book at no extra charge.
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07 · Questions
You receive Stop Buying What Fails as digital PDF files and as an EPUB for e-readers. You also receive the garden-pest bonus, Before You Buy Another Jug.
The main book is provided as digital PDF files. You can print the PDF files if you want a paper copy to keep nearby.
It is for you if you want plain household solutions for laundry, stains, rust, wood, drafts, kitchen pests, and the garden. It is built around a short shelf of cheap, common staples.
After payment, download the files and begin with the chapter that matches the job in front of you. You do not need to read it in order.
You have 30 days to request a refund. The refund terms are stated in the guarantee.
No. These are digital files, with instant download after payment.
It covers a calm reset for garden pests. It walks through mapping damage, using a plain field key, answering the problem cheaply, and checking back.
Yes. The main book also comes as an EPUB file, which opens in Kindle (through Send to Kindle), Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play Books. The workbook and bonus books are PDFs, made to read on screen or print.
You do not need another crowded shelf of products that fail. Keep a few plain staples, learn what each is for, and start with the cause.
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