I'm a retired nurse and I worked for many years in a hospital. I would often bring a warm blanket , to my cold patients, from our blanket warmer. So, I started putting pj's, heavy socks , extra blankets and housecoats in my home dryer for a few minutes before going to bed. You will be very warm and comfortable and you will go to sleep easier 😊
I love that you make the distinction here: if you're willing to learn as you go. So true, and sometimes out of the box thinking is needed. I often dread certain projects and chores because i feel inadequate, but once i dive in, its usually not the big deal i made ot out to be in my head. As the widow of a tree man, i never learned to use a chainsaw - he would say " Nope. thats what im for". I had to learn, when he passed , because my home was heated with wood. Now i kind of enjoy my saw days. Its empowering to do something that produces the desired result, and know you did it with your iwn hands.
I'm not Amish, but I grew up doing everything on the list in the video, except for the flower pot and candle stove.. Today I have a large open pot of water warming on medium heat right now to put moisture back into the air to make our home feel warmer. Thank you, I loved the video.
Me too except the flower pot and candles. Great video. The Amish that live around us do not use curtains they use blinds, but their blinds are very heavy and very insulated again great video.
Fire bricks and oil/fat/alcohol lamps, and candles for us . Was injured at work and I took 10months to recover. We can't afford to turn the gas on . Absolutely greatful that my depression ear Grams, and my WW2 vet gramps raised me from 2-14, or I wouldn't have thought to even keep fat, and tossed the off color cooking oil when we found it.
At 74, I live in a rented room, since my house was destroyed by a tree. There's no heat in here. It gets into the teens a lot. A electric heated throw is wonderful.The electric throw size is much cheaper than a regular sized electric blanket.
I suggest putting a blanket on top of the bed sheet, It's much warmer than just the sheet. If you are very careful, you can run an iron over the bed sheet/blanket just before slipping between the covers. Also, place a large hand towel or bath towel folded in half over your bed pillow. And if you have any hand warmers, place them inside your pillow case or under the towel, inside your socks or wherever.
press bubble wrap against window panes to keep heat in and cold air and drafts out. To help it stay put, slightly dampen the side that faces the glass.
@@lou-anntedesco2567 I don't know for sure, but I don't see what it would hurt to give it a try. We placed car window tint on our picture windows. We bought the darkest shade in the store (Pep Boys). It "clings" to the glass via static. At summer's end, we simply peeled it away from the glass and rolled it up placing white tissue paper against one side to prevent it from sticking to itself. We then stored it in the original box until the next summer. Another way to keep a room cooler is to hang a very damp sheet from a curtain rod in front of an open window. Place a bucket of water on the floor in front of the window. The curtain will act as a wick and suck the water upward. As air enters through the window, it will be cooler as it passed through the damp curtain. A fan can be placed in front of the window to help draw the air in from the outside. Placing ice cubes in the bucket of water may help, but we've never tried adding the ice. Spraying the sheet with water might also help. If you use this method, I would suggest covering the window sill and/or any furniture in front of the window with plastic sheeting or a shower curtain liner.
Fun fact: Hand warmer packages put in a sealed plastic bag, stops the reaction immediately, for later use. These things can be heat -paused by just cutting off their oxygen exposure 😊 Pretty useful if you only want to use it for a half hour dog walk !
As you start to install wood stoves, work with your insurance company. Yes the wood was expensive but much cheaper that electric heat. We put ceramic tile in our dining room kitchen area, Had brick installed on 2 walls as it was in a corner, 4 1/2 feet high & installed triple layered stove pipe. We installed the stove in the fall of 1999 & used it until we sold the house in 2023. Never had any trouble with the stove.
My laundry room is between my kitchen and den area leading towards the living room. I pull the exhaust tube up from behind the dryer and place it on top of the dryer on a towell. Then i add a pair of old panty hose and secure to the metal tube. When I dry clothes , the warm air and moisture billows out to heat the entire den, kitchen and hallway. The panty hose catches the lint. 🙂 Don't let that hot air be vented outside or under the house..redirect it 🌷
Was born in 1950,and all these points were commonly used so have naturally been using them all my life(not Amish) and passed them down the generations since. I'd imagine this upload would be a good education for the youth of today😊 Thankyou for your presentation. (D's Mother.)Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 ♥
i grew up with a cold upstairs bedroom... somewhere along the way i learned to put my head under the covers and breathe my warm breath into the bed... soon it is warm inside the blankets and feels nice and warm, plus some heavy breaths may relax you and help you fall asleep... give it a try and save on room heating if you can... :)
Oh, that's why they started hanging curtains around the beds in olden times, like in cold castles. I hadn't really made the connection before. I thought they were for privacy and because they were rich or wanted to keep mosquitoes away. But it makes sense to keep in heat, even if only from our body heat and breathing. @@irunamuk
My neighbor closed up rooms in his house, his house already had a problem with too much moisture. The house was sealed off and was not well ventilated. These rooms walls had darks mold circles and smelled awful. A heat recovery system is necessary to ventilate the home and recoup the heat. The house was damaged and my neighbor's health was not good, he had chronic bronchitis and used puffers to alleviate the chronic inflammation in his lungs.
I'm not Amish but I grew up in the WV mountains...and most of the stuff this guy talks about we did as well. There were Amish not far from us near Oakland, MD, they always kept to themselves though.
Cheap/free hot water bottle substitute: soak a clean hand towel thoroughly, fold it, stick it in the microwave, then dump it into a plastic grocery bag. I pour horse liniment on the towel after microwaving, which is great for chest congestion or muscle pain. I am also fortunate that using wood fires is still legal here and I intentionally bought a house w/ a fireplace. Iron heat reflectors in the fireplace are great!
I wish I was allowed to put a wood stove in my apt. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment and Im trying to homestead and trying to keep warm. I can onl do so much. I am able to do some of the things they do. Im grateful for this video
If you can, friend, move to rural cabin and put solar panels on your roof. Add a stove and you can be free of those rip off utility companies. Easier said than done I know but you will feel much better about your life getting off the grid.
Also buy a heated vest.I bought an expensive stylish one but the $50 dollar plain one works much better. It uses a small battery pack I charge with a solar charger. Put one over jammies at night on really cold nights. Only problem is kitty thinks sleeping on top of me is now the best spot.
Candles. ! Tea light in an old glass jar. Make a flap in the lid, to allow air in and catch some of the soot. Dont put them on polished surfaces! 12 jars should heat a whole room, with an hour or two warm up...
We cleaned our chimney every year. If it needed to be cleaned before the heating season was over than we cleaned it. We used hardwood.& Removed ashes every 2 or3 days, depending how much wood we burnt. Like I said we worked with the insurance company before installing because if they are not notified about the stove before installing it & verifying it safe, then if your house catches on fire, they may not cover the damage at all.
Thanks, i do a lot of the things you mention, this is my third year of not using my heater.i keep doors close, and this year i seal up all the windows, with plastic wrap.i keep at lease two pars of socks on long johns, on and i keep my head wrap. i don't have a wood burning stove, i have a heater, that i take and warm up a room. i did put down my rugs. i will see what my bill will be.
Place a heavier blanket on top of a microfiber blanket. It keeps all the drafts out of your bed and will keep you just as warm as a heater during the night.
I had a wood stove from 1996 until last year when my insurance company suddenly stopped covering households with wood stoves! I can’t begin to tell you how much I miss having it!!
We do all of the things suggested except for the candles in flower pots, have not done that but it sounds like a great idea...we have heated our home for over 54 yrs with a wood stove made by the Amish, love the even heat it provides in our house, we have 3 upstairs bedroom and a bathroom but hubby made a door insulated with a thick foam slab to close the upstairs in winter, we only open it up for the holidays when our children and grandchildren come home...we sure don't need to heat up that space in winter...could not live without our wood stove, always have a pot of water on it to provide humidity.
I have taken advice from a very informed health educator regarding using a rebounder for health and an exercise alternative to use indoors. When I use it for moderate or low level workout for just 5 minutes I am totally warm and energized.
We used a wood stove for many years. I got lazy because of a back injury, so I started buying firewood. I supplemented that with downed trees that I cut up. Our winter heating bill was about $400.00 for the season. The nice thing was the year we had an ice storm that cut our power for 10 days. We had a generator, that I had modified to run on natural gas. The worst hardship we encountered was having to wait for our Keurig to heat up for coffee in the morning. I'd shut the generator off at night. Running the generator did run our gas bill up another $40.00 for the 10 days though. Three years ago we sold our 2600+ square foot house and moved next door into our "tiny house." It's about 1100. The downside is, we don't have a wood stove here. We really miss having it. In an emergency, I still have a spare stove in the barn, though.
I love the Amish and their practicality. I use many of these, which were just good sense from farming ancestors. I am sadly allergic to any kind of wool, no matter how it is processed. I also require clean, filtered air, so any kind of wood burning is out for me, too. I actually had my fireplace chimneys cemented closed to block the downdraft.
I break out in hives from wool. Also need air purifiers, have 2 large free standing ones running all day and they make a huge difference for me. I use a radiator style space heater that heats up the oil within it. Still costly. Wish Musk would come up with a cheap really efficient heater. lol Landlord won't upgrade the ancient all electric heat system so paying over $200 a month to heat 800 sq ft.
@@LaRaineBarton , dude, it fits my needs perfectly now. It would be easy to chisel the cement cap off the top of the chimney. The new buyer would need to have the chimney inspected and chinked, anyway, to be sure it was safe.
@jkgybg most. Likely, inspections would require you to fix it before selling. Or give the buyer a discount. My gas hot water heater vents through the chimney. It would be dangerous for me to plug it up.
I’ve spent a lifetime working outside in sub zero temps and have made a career of trying to stay warm Wool is key Wealthy expeditionaries heading out to climb Everest bring the sherpas gifts of the most modern materials And “wicking” technologies …… and they won’t wear it They wear the wool they’ve used for thousands of years if you are sensitive and get itchy with wool Get a finer wool like alpaca or merino or put a thermal or something close to your skin as a buffer But wool is absolutely key to staying warm in sub zero temps Good luck and enjoy!! Of all the most modern
I’m laughing. I’m Scottish. Same applied in my childhood in the 1960s & 70s.. only wool tights when wet are SO itchy. The smell of 40 little wet woollen duffle coats drying on radiators is a smell you won’t forget. Duffle coats were often passed down, never washed, just spot sponged clean. They smelt like old sheep or dogs….
Thank you I didn't know about the rice in a case as a warmer. How clever and safer than hot water bottles. Another one my Hungarian Aunt told me about was that as children they were very poor. Her mother used to send her and her sister to school with hot jacket potatoes in their pockets to warm their hands and food for lunch doubling up the use! x
In Minnesota, insurance companies are starting to forbid indoor wood stoves pushing for separate wood boilers in small separate sheds piping hot water through the house.
These are great tips! Thank you! It also helps to have a person around that is going through menapause...I feel like I have the power of the sun some days. It's quite amazing. Lol
Longjohns are awesome! I don’t like wool though. It’s itchy. My mama who grew up around the Amish in Pennsylvania, but she wasn’t Amish, but anyway, she said when she was young the family, would bake potatoes and put a potato at their feet at night to sleep to stay warm in the bed.
We used to get "damart" synthetic thermal underware and it is second to none. The only issue is if you forget and put it in a dryer it will fit a toddler. It outperforms every natural fiber thermal by 4-5 times. Never used any "wick-away" but damart rules the thermal underware world. Worth the $100 a full set would run you even in the 70s. The price hasn't gone down but $100 was a lot more in the 70s.
Before we had heat in our bedrooms Mother heated bricks in the oven of the wood stove. She wrapped towels around them and put them at the foot of our beds. They warmed our bodies Up fast! up fast
Not only Amish but many country people practice these techniques. I grew up shoveling coal in a furnace to keep warm. We also had woodstoves. The trick with the stones works we put them in our beds at night, you can do the same with an oven. I will always live in a house with a woodstove. In the event of a power outage Which has happened here in West Virginia you will always keep warm, cook and heat water.
Totally agree. When I moved into my house, I deliberately had my house carpeted throughout except the kitchen area and insulation installed in the roof. Like your suggestions, I open the drapes and close the doors of unused rooms. I also had reverse cycle air conditioning installed. The climate is much milder here on the south coast of NSW, Australia: max 30c in summer with a nice sea breeze in the afternoon and min 7c in winter. Inside my house is usually 2-3 degrees cooler or warmer.
I've been wanting a wood stove for years. Not doable here, yet hopefully later. I make my own wool socks, which fit better than store bought, feel better in a lot of ways. make my wool and acrilic hats, scarves and gloves. I prefer wool but some cases in stores they don't carry wool anymore. I do hope it comes back in stock. I saved quilts and blankets made by family members and myself. I've knitted and crocheted blankets and pillows. sweaters. also have bought a few. I also layer my clothes and blankets accordingly. I open my oven door after baking to let the heat out into the room. I made paper, biodegradable deoderant. I've read on making easy soap, and found an easier method - uka plant. I have made a list of useful plants for different purposes including uka plant and flak. I've canned less sugar jams and jellies, non vinigar but used lemon juice to pickle and it turned out less salty tasting. Taught lots of survival honors to kids in a group including edible wild plants, winter camping and fire building and camp cookery. home made bread. candle making. all these different methods for different situations. made my own knitting needles. making hot pads with different types of materials and methods. using cloth instead of store bought t-paper - sometimes it wasn't avaliable and cloths were set aside for just such purposes and i wash all my laundry by hand in a bucket and hand out to dry on my rack. used cloth diapers for lack of money and for environmental reasons. I grew up with lack of enough heating and cooling and enough warm blankets. I have had to haul water inside for drinking water and cooking. At times I had to go to our garden to pick food to eat on the spot. I walked around as a kid and teen and adult, rode my bike or took the bus. I've cooked from scratch since I've been 9 yrs old. made my own moccasins and shoes. made my own dresses, skirts and pants. mended. repurposed old used items. crocheted and knitted cowls. house slippers too big so I can double up with smaller fitting home made socks. made a coat. made my own bowls, vases, doilies, plates, canisters, glasses, paintings, x-stitch, bobbin lace, tatting, Romanian needle lace, dorcet buttons, bags, purses. collected plastic grocery bags to knit and crochet water proof extra bed padding and purses. made my own decor. painted inside and outside walls as a youngster. made my own furniture. made several emergency outside lean-tos. taught my kids to do the same since toddler-hood. cooked on gas stoves as a 8 yr old and up. helped in our garden and with our animals. yard work. collected stuff for furtalizer. learned later it can be used for burning for cooking and warmth. made my own toys as a little kid. doll clothes, my own pattern. learned to play the piano, organ, guitar, claranet, hermonica, violin, ukilaly. am learning Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Chinese, Navahoe, sign language. all types of math equations. A green thumb. janitorial. graphics editor. web designer. visual layout designer. helped out with engine upkeep. inteior. exterior.
In your shoes (outdoor) use newspaper pages crunched together, it keeps the heat and takes away moist. Another smart thing i observed in norway, was an elderly lady making soles from hair from a cow's tail, to put in hiking boots. Cant remember whether they were knitted or just put together.
I'm sold on wearable blankets. I even have one that I wear as my winter coat. And honestly, always getting compliments. I'm extremely anemic, so I stay cold. I recommend.
No hot stones here, just used soda bottles filled with warm water. One for feets in bed and one for back and neck. Placed 30 minutes before bedtime is the best. They keep warm for many hours while sleeping
Were not allowed wood stoves anymore. I did have one when I moved in but Council took it out installed gas Central Heating. I loved that AGA. But it'd be too much now I'm old. I was only 21 when I moved in this house
Thank you for this information. Another source is researching how Japanese people stay warm. Apparently a lot of houses have no central heating and it can get quite chilly. ♥️♥️👃✌️🇨🇦
Get 4 bricks, lay two bricks down, save the other two for another room. Buy a ceramic plate and flower pot, ensure the bottom of the flower pot has a hole in it. Take the plate and put a tea candle on it, light the tea candle, now take the flower pot and turn it upside down and lay it over the tea candle. The room will get very warm within 10 minutes. Do the same for another room. Once you get the hang of it, you won’t need to call the gas company for your entire winter.
We lost our heater one winter and couldn't afford to get it fixed. Thankfully we have a fireplace. We layered our clothes and I'd make a fire at night. We had 2 dogs and 3 cats then. I'd made the fire, shut all the doors but ours and went to bed. Walked into our room and started laughing. My husband and all our fur babies were already in bed. I had this tiny little spot I was able to sleep in. Our fur babies were warm and cuddly. And we were all safe together. 😂
You need to be aware of condensation and damp though. I have a constant issue with damp and have to have a window open every day, even then the damp causes black mould. England is a damp environment.
You don't want to leave a room too cold like bathrooms and kitchens due to possible pipes cracking or breaking. I think 65 degrees is lowest safe temperature but check with your plumber.
A candle is a candle and it's already 100% efficient with or without a flower pot. Also the amish do not heat with candles they use kerosene lamps for light.
You missed a MAJOR point.. Wool or other heat retaining clothes indeed keep in heat but they ALSO allow moisture to ESCAPE! Without letting swear/moisture escape youd be dank and miserable fast. And by the way, heating pads place strong electric and magnetic fields RIGHT NEXT TO your body snd often your head. Increasingly, this is recognized as a serious health hazard.
Pour avoir un lit toujours chaud et jamais humide, un truc de berger très ancien : une ou plusieurs peaux de mouton sous les reins! Il y à très longtemps les gens dormaient dans et sous des fourrures…
Yep, once my husband had a wrecker call in the middle of the night. I usually wear two or three long skirts just above my ankle. That night I put on some jeans and boy was I cold especially when I first sat in the wrecker.
That's why I always tell my adult son since he was a small child to wear longjohns & long sleeve cotton shirts under his clothes. If not, wear a sweater. He chooses his micro fleece housecoat instead.... 🤔 💭
Re: making rice heating pads, be sure to use 100% cotton fabric and thread if they will be going into the microwave. Most quilting fabric is 100% cotton. Polyester can melt and even catch fire in a microwave.
Wear sweat pants and a sweat shirt, on the top of your long underwear, all on the top of your regular underwear. And wear two pairs of sweatpants and sweatshirts, OVER your long underwear, if it's REALLY COLD OUTSIDE. Also, be sure to TUCK THE BOTTOMS, INTO THE INSIDE OF YOUR SOCKS. After that you can continue layering, with a cotton sweater, then a hoodie. Add a scarf, and face mask that covers your ears. NOW YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR WINTER COAT, AND BOOTS. AND DON'T FORGET YOUR GLOVES.🥶🌝 You're welcome.😊
This isnt true. If your pine is dry you don’t have to worry about creosote. Has nothing to do with sap. If your pine is wet it will give off smoke and that hot smoke condenses on the chimney wall. If your pine is dry you can burn it no problems. That burning pine thing is a myth.
for what it's worth.... the EPA has proven that wet pine burns as well as dry oak... again the EPA Some parts of the world have nothing BUT pine to burn. do they all have clogged chimney pipes?
@margarettewest254 bullshit u are 100% wrong PINE and all related species are not for wood burning stoves or fireplaces. You are prepping ur self for a huge house fire
My dad lived in Menonite area for a while, so I think he must have picked up a lot of these ideas. I'm in low income housing so my heat is included, but I do a lot of these.
I'm a retired nurse and I worked for many years in a hospital. I would often bring a warm blanket , to my cold patients, from our blanket warmer. So, I started putting pj's, heavy socks , extra blankets and housecoats in my home dryer for a few minutes before going to bed. You will be very warm and comfortable and you will go to sleep easier 😊
And a warm head covering!
Yep! In the mornings my clothes go into the dryer before putting them on
God bless you for caring so much for your patients..lovely
I worked with a DH who had once been a nun....if that's you, hey hey from Deb. 👩🏼⚕️🙋🏼♀️👩🏼⚕️
Doing Gods work
I love that you make the distinction here: if you're willing to learn as you go. So true, and sometimes out of the box thinking is needed. I often dread certain projects and chores because i feel inadequate, but once i dive in, its usually not the big deal i made ot out to be in my head. As the widow of a tree man, i never learned to use a chainsaw - he would say " Nope. thats what im for". I had to learn, when he passed , because my home was heated with wood. Now i kind of enjoy my saw days. Its empowering to do something that produces the desired result, and know you did it with your iwn hands.
I'm not Amish, but I grew up doing everything on the list in the video, except for the flower pot and candle stove.. Today I have a large open pot of water warming on medium heat right now to put moisture back into the air to make our home feel warmer. Thank you, I loved the video.
My parents went through the Great Depression, and most of the things in this video were just a way of life for us, too.
Me too except the flower pot and candles. Great video. The Amish that live around us do not use curtains they use blinds, but their blinds are very heavy and very insulated again great video.
Fire bricks and oil/fat/alcohol lamps, and candles for us . Was injured at work and I took 10months to recover. We can't afford to turn the gas on . Absolutely greatful that my depression ear Grams, and my WW2 vet gramps raised me from 2-14, or I wouldn't have thought to even keep fat, and tossed the off color cooking oil when we found it.
How did you use the oil and fat😊
I keep soup on the stove
At 74, I live in a rented room, since my house was destroyed by a tree. There's no heat in here. It gets into the teens a lot. A electric heated throw is wonderful.The electric throw size is much cheaper than a regular sized electric blanket.
Have you considered van life? I’m starting in a few days
Why is there no heat in your room? That is your landlord's legal responsibility.
@@nikkiharrison7290Really? In the winter?
I would love to know how you do this?
I suggest putting a blanket on top of the bed sheet, It's much warmer than just the sheet. If you are very careful, you can run an iron over the bed sheet/blanket just before slipping between the covers. Also, place a large hand towel or bath towel folded in half over your bed pillow. And if you have any hand warmers, place them inside your pillow case or under the towel, inside your socks or wherever.
@@nikkiharrison7290 don't own a car yet alone a van. Live on SSI disability below poverty level.
press bubble wrap against window panes to keep heat in and cold air and drafts out. To help it stay put, slightly dampen the side that faces the glass.
Do you know if this also helps with air conditioning in the summer? Keeping cool air in?
Didn’t this grow mold?
@@Tabernacle-d3u We didn't experience any mold during the few cold days we used it. We also used clothespins to hang bath towels to the curtains.
@@lou-anntedesco2567 I don't know for sure, but I don't see what it would hurt to give it a try. We placed car window tint on our picture windows. We bought the darkest shade in the store (Pep Boys). It "clings" to the glass via static. At summer's end, we simply peeled it away from the glass and rolled it up placing white tissue paper against one side to prevent it from sticking to itself. We then stored it in the original box until the next summer. Another way to keep a room cooler is to hang a very damp sheet from a curtain rod in front of an open window. Place a bucket of water on the floor in front of the window. The curtain will act as a wick and suck the water upward. As air enters through the window, it will be cooler as it passed through the damp curtain. A fan can be placed in front of the window to help draw the air in from the outside. Placing ice cubes in the bucket of water may help, but we've never tried adding the ice. Spraying the sheet with water might also help. If you use this method, I would suggest covering the window sill and/or any furniture in front of the window with plastic sheeting or a shower curtain liner.
Excellent idea. Tried it yesterday and wow! Came back to thank you!
I am allergic to wool, but my daughter gave me a wool cardigan for Christmas. I wear it over another sweater and it is so near and cozy!
That was delightful. I have found that keeping a head covering is helpful for regulating your feeling of comfort.
Find a draft with a candle. The draft moves the flame. ❤
That's genius!! Thank you.
Fun fact: Hand warmer packages put in a sealed plastic bag, stops the reaction immediately, for later use. These things can be heat -paused by just cutting off their oxygen exposure 😊
Pretty useful if you only want to use it for a half hour dog walk !
Good to know! Thank you ❤
Heck yes thank you!!! I hate wasting them for short time use!!
Wow thanks
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Wow thanks.
As you start to install wood stoves, work with your insurance company. Yes the wood was expensive but much cheaper that electric heat. We put ceramic tile in our dining room kitchen area, Had brick installed on 2 walls as it was in a corner, 4 1/2 feet high & installed triple layered stove pipe. We installed the stove in the fall of 1999 & used it until we sold the house in 2023. Never had any trouble with the stove.
My laundry room is between my kitchen and den area leading towards the living room.
I pull the exhaust tube up from behind the dryer and place it on top of the dryer on a towell.
Then i add a pair of old panty hose and secure to the metal tube.
When I dry clothes , the warm air and moisture billows out to heat the entire den, kitchen and hallway.
The panty hose catches the lint. 🙂
Don't let that hot air be vented outside or under the house..redirect it 🌷
Absolutely don’t do this if you have a gas dryer. The fumes can easily kill people.
@nicholasittzes7224 yes... Electric only.
Thank you, I've never had a gas dryer and never thought about that. 🌷
This is a very resourceful idea. I like it ;)
I like this idea. Thank you.
Awesome idea.ty
Was born in 1950,and all these points were commonly used so have naturally been using them all my life(not Amish) and passed them down the generations since. I'd imagine this upload would be a good education for the youth of today😊 Thankyou for your presentation. (D's Mother.)Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 ♥
i grew up with a cold upstairs bedroom... somewhere along the way i learned to put my head under the covers and breathe my warm breath into the bed... soon it is warm inside the blankets and feels nice and warm, plus some heavy breaths may relax you and help you fall asleep... give it a try and save on room heating if you can... :)
Or a heating blanket or heating pad works too
If you have no electricity put a tent up in your room with a heavy blanket or a sleeping bag.
Yup. Hang “curtains” around your bed
I just got a2 room tent for this reason…
Oh, that's why they started hanging curtains around the beds in olden times, like in cold castles. I hadn't really made the connection before. I thought they were for privacy and because they were rich or wanted to keep mosquitoes away. But it makes sense to keep in heat, even if only from our body heat and breathing.
@@irunamuk
Set the tent up on the bed.
Yes, a bed sized tent!!!
I have wool socks 45 years old. Hard / impossible to find the Quality and workmanship today
wool socks sold by quality retailers like rei, lands end, and ‘darn tough’ will last.
@@grayfae3Also, alpaca sox are great, too.
@ oooo, that seems nice and soft !
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Wigwam and smart wool are the best wool socks.
My neighbor closed up rooms in his house, his house already had a problem with too much moisture. The house was sealed off and was not well ventilated. These rooms walls had darks mold circles and smelled awful. A heat recovery system is necessary to ventilate the home and recoup the heat. The house was damaged and my neighbor's health was not good, he had chronic bronchitis and used puffers to alleviate the chronic inflammation in his lungs.
Poor guy! He probably had all of those issues due to the mold he was constantly inhaling. 😢
I grew up Amish, we had wood burning stoves, and fireplace in our home.
I'm not Amish but I grew up in the WV mountains...and most of the stuff this guy talks about we did as well.
There were Amish not far from us near Oakland, MD, they always kept to themselves though.
My mom used to have to, also..she from the woods
Rice warming packs help with achy muscles!
Pool noodles work well for bottoms of doors
Good one. Never thought of that! Thanks!
Those don't work when you have cats. 🤦♀️😆😆
Yep. And they usually on clearance right before winter.
Great idea thanks for the tip
Cheap/free hot water bottle substitute: soak a clean hand towel thoroughly, fold it, stick it in the microwave, then dump it into a plastic grocery bag. I pour horse liniment on the towel after microwaving, which is great for chest congestion or muscle pain. I am also fortunate that using wood fires is still legal here and I intentionally bought a house w/ a fireplace. Iron heat reflectors in the fireplace are great!
A small baked potato wraped in a sock or washcloth ,in the pocket of your robe, or jacket, keeps your hands warm for a long time.
Same with a boiled egg.
Also with just used coffee grounds. I make the coffee and then transfer the still warm grounds to a plastic bag and into my pocket.
Also a wrapped hot potato works as a bed warmer, and then breakfast in the morning.
I wish I was allowed to put a wood stove in my apt. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment and Im trying to homestead and trying to keep warm. I can onl do so much. I am able to do some of the things they do. Im grateful for this video
If you can, friend, move to rural cabin and put solar panels on your roof. Add a stove and you can be free of those rip off utility companies. Easier said than done I know but you will feel much better about your life getting off the grid.
Also buy a heated vest.I bought an expensive stylish one but the $50 dollar plain one works much better. It uses a small battery pack I charge with a solar charger.
Put one over jammies at night on really cold nights. Only problem is kitty thinks sleeping on top of me is now the best spot.
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@poachergreenwood where do I get ethanol?
Candles. ! Tea light in an old glass jar. Make a flap in the lid, to allow air in and catch some of the soot. Dont put them on polished surfaces!
12 jars should heat a whole room, with an hour or two warm up...
We cleaned our chimney every year. If it needed to be cleaned before the heating season was over than we cleaned it. We used hardwood.& Removed ashes every 2 or3 days, depending how much wood we burnt. Like I said we worked with the insurance company before installing because if they are not notified about the stove before installing it & verifying it safe, then if your house catches on fire, they may not cover the damage at all.
Oh anymore, at least in the US, they don't pay out anyways. So imma get that stove.😊
Thanks, i do a lot of the things you mention, this is my third year of not using my heater.i keep doors close, and this year i seal up all the windows, with plastic wrap.i keep at lease two pars of socks on long johns, on and i keep my head wrap. i don't have a wood burning stove, i have a heater, that i take and warm up a room. i did put down my rugs. i will see what my bill will be.
Wow! I had no idea that I live like the Amish!
Seriously....Praise GOD/JAH for knowledge...🍃🙏🏾🍃
Place a heavier blanket on top of a microfiber blanket. It keeps all the drafts out of your bed and will keep you just as warm as a heater during the night.
I had a wood stove from 1996 until last year when my insurance company suddenly stopped covering households with wood stoves! I can’t begin to tell you how much I miss having it!!
Another reason to flee from being yoked with them.
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Wow! That's rediculous. As long as it's been properly inspected, they should be forced to provide coverage. What state do you live in?
@ I agree! I’m in Virginia.
As i sit here by my wood stove in my favorite sweater, sipping tea. I agree! Growing up on a farm made these normal.
The walls of castles were draped with enormous tapestries to hold heat in.
We do all of the things suggested except for the candles in flower pots, have not done that but it sounds like a great idea...we have heated our home for over 54 yrs with a wood stove made by the Amish, love the even heat it provides in our house, we have 3 upstairs bedroom and a bathroom but hubby made a door insulated with a thick foam slab to close the upstairs in winter, we only open it up for the holidays when our children and grandchildren come home...we sure don't need to heat up that space in winter...could not live without our wood stove, always have a pot of water on it to provide humidity.
From Scotland. We already live this way.
I have taken advice from a very informed health educator regarding using a rebounder for health and an exercise alternative to use indoors. When I use it for moderate or low level workout for just 5 minutes I am totally warm and energized.
We used a wood stove for many years. I got lazy because of a back injury, so I started buying firewood. I supplemented that with downed trees that I cut up. Our winter heating bill was about $400.00 for the season. The nice thing was the year we had an ice storm that cut our power for 10 days. We had a generator, that I had modified to run on natural gas. The worst hardship we encountered was having to wait for our Keurig to heat up for coffee in the morning. I'd shut the generator off at night. Running the generator did run our gas bill up another $40.00 for the 10 days though.
Three years ago we sold our 2600+ square foot house and moved next door into our "tiny house." It's about 1100. The downside is, we don't have a wood stove here. We really miss having it. In an emergency, I still have a spare stove in the barn, though.
I love the Amish and their practicality. I use many of these, which were just good sense from farming ancestors. I am sadly allergic to any kind of wool, no matter how it is processed. I also require clean, filtered air, so any kind of wood burning is out for me, too. I actually had my fireplace chimneys cemented closed to block the downdraft.
I would never buy a house that someone has sealed up the fire place!
Jkgybg, me too. I can't be near wool in any form . I wood love to wear a wool sweater. Love these ideas. Some I already use.
I break out in hives from wool. Also need air purifiers, have 2 large free standing ones running all day and they make a huge difference for me. I use a radiator style space heater that heats up the oil within it. Still costly. Wish Musk would come up with a cheap really efficient heater. lol Landlord won't upgrade the ancient all electric heat system so paying over $200 a month to heat 800 sq ft.
@@LaRaineBarton , dude, it fits my needs perfectly now. It would be easy to chisel the cement cap off the top of the chimney. The new buyer would need to have the chimney inspected and chinked, anyway, to be sure it was safe.
@jkgybg most. Likely, inspections would require you to fix it before selling. Or give the buyer a discount. My gas hot water heater vents through the chimney. It would be dangerous for me to plug it up.
I really enjoyed this video and found it very helpful as I don't believe in expensive unnatural heating.Thank you so much and God bless you.
I’ve spent a lifetime working outside in sub zero temps and have made a career of trying to stay warm
Wool is key
Wealthy expeditionaries heading out to climb Everest bring the sherpas gifts of the most modern materials
And “wicking” technologies …… and they won’t wear it
They wear the wool they’ve used for thousands of years if you are sensitive and get itchy with wool
Get a finer wool like alpaca or merino or put a thermal or something close to your skin as a buffer
But wool is absolutely key to staying warm in sub zero temps
Good luck and enjoy!!
Of all the most modern
Living in a small cabin in the Rockies, I’ve learn to adapt most of these tips. If I didn’t, I would freeze to death.
I spent my favorite part of life living in a home that was heated with a B Ben Franklin wood stove you could cook on it if you wanted to
I’m laughing. I’m Scottish. Same applied in my childhood in the 1960s & 70s.. only wool tights when wet are SO itchy. The smell of 40 little wet woollen duffle coats drying on radiators is a smell you won’t forget. Duffle coats were often passed down, never washed, just spot sponged clean. They smelt like old sheep or dogs….
Thank you I didn't know about the rice in a case as a warmer. How clever and safer than hot water bottles. Another one my Hungarian Aunt told me about was that as children they were very poor. Her mother used to send her and her sister to school with hot jacket potatoes in their pockets to warm their hands and food for lunch doubling up the use! x
Very very useful and valuable information!
Thank you!
I didn't think I would watch until the end but I did.
We use our woodburner and have an Eco fan on top, it really moves the heat around and our downstairs is huge.
Great ideas about keeping warm... But the water and gas pipes in my house that the Amish don't have need to not freeze as well
In Minnesota, insurance companies are starting to forbid indoor wood stoves pushing for separate wood boilers in small separate sheds piping hot water through the house.
I wear a sheepskin coat & boots in -29 f windy weather here in wyoming . It really works.
I have bad circulation due to being paralyzed from the waist down and I get cold easily. I wear an old winter hat to bed . Makes a huge difference.
These are great tips! Thank you! It also helps to have a person around that is going through menapause...I feel like I have the power of the sun some days. It's quite amazing. Lol
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I grew up in the south in the 70’s to 80’s and I lived this way with wood heat and laying clothes & extra blankets and quilts to keep warm 😬
Longjohns are awesome! I don’t like wool though. It’s itchy. My mama who grew up around the Amish in Pennsylvania, but she wasn’t Amish, but anyway, she said when she was young the family, would bake potatoes and put a potato at their feet at night to sleep to stay warm in the bed.
I always loved Ovaltine or warm milk.
FYI Re: long underwear .. make sure it’s cotton and/ or wool and not “ wick-away “ synthetics - or you’ll freeze your arse off …
I had a pair of silk long underwear. They are very thin but as warm as wool
Cotton long underwear that get moist if you sweat will get you really cold where wool will not. Preppers say in winter, cotton kills.
We used to get "damart" synthetic thermal underware and it is second to none.
The only issue is if you forget and put it in a dryer it will fit a toddler.
It outperforms every natural fiber thermal by 4-5 times.
Never used any "wick-away" but damart rules the thermal underware world.
Worth the $100 a full set would run you even in the 70s. The price hasn't gone down but $100 was a lot more in the 70s.
I have been coveting a small pot belly stove at the big r. I'm saving up for it. ❤
We just live in maui
Let's all go live in Maui or Queensland 😊
Before we had heat in our bedrooms Mother heated bricks in the oven of the wood stove. She wrapped towels around them and put them at the foot of our beds. They warmed our bodies
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Thank you for teaching me how to wear a sweater
Not only Amish but many country people practice these techniques. I grew up shoveling coal in a furnace to keep warm. We also had woodstoves. The trick with the stones works we put them in our beds at night, you can do the same with an oven. I will always live in a house with a woodstove. In the event of a power outage Which has happened here in West Virginia you will always keep warm, cook and heat water.
Totally agree. When I moved into my house, I deliberately had my house carpeted throughout except the kitchen area and insulation installed in the roof. Like your suggestions, I open the drapes and close the doors of unused rooms. I also had reverse cycle air conditioning installed. The climate is much milder here on the south coast of NSW, Australia: max 30c in summer with a nice sea breeze in the afternoon and min 7c in winter. Inside my house is usually 2-3 degrees cooler or warmer.
I've been wanting a wood stove for years. Not doable here, yet hopefully later. I make my own wool socks, which fit better than store bought, feel better in a lot of ways. make my wool and acrilic hats, scarves and gloves. I prefer wool but some cases in stores they don't carry wool anymore. I do hope it comes back in stock. I saved quilts and blankets made by family members and myself. I've knitted and crocheted blankets and pillows. sweaters. also have bought a few. I also layer my clothes and blankets accordingly. I open my oven door after baking to let the heat out into the room. I made paper, biodegradable deoderant. I've read on making easy soap, and found an easier method - uka plant. I have made a list of useful plants for different purposes including uka plant and flak. I've canned less sugar jams and jellies, non vinigar but used lemon juice to pickle and it turned out less salty tasting. Taught lots of survival honors to kids in a group including edible wild plants, winter camping and fire building and camp cookery. home made bread. candle making. all these different methods for different situations. made my own knitting needles. making hot pads with different types of materials and methods. using cloth instead of store bought t-paper - sometimes it wasn't avaliable and cloths were set aside for just such purposes and i wash all my laundry by hand in a bucket and hand out to dry on my rack. used cloth diapers for lack of money and for environmental reasons. I grew up with lack of enough heating and cooling and enough warm blankets. I have had to haul water inside for drinking water and cooking. At times I had to go to our garden to pick food to eat on the spot. I walked around as a kid and teen and adult, rode my bike or took the bus. I've cooked from scratch since I've been 9 yrs old. made my own moccasins and shoes. made my own dresses, skirts and pants. mended. repurposed old used items. crocheted and knitted cowls. house slippers too big so I can double up with smaller fitting home made socks. made a coat. made my own bowls, vases, doilies, plates, canisters, glasses, paintings, x-stitch, bobbin lace, tatting, Romanian needle lace, dorcet buttons, bags, purses. collected plastic grocery bags to knit and crochet water proof extra bed padding and purses. made my own decor. painted inside and outside walls as a youngster. made my own furniture. made several emergency outside lean-tos. taught my kids to do the same since toddler-hood. cooked on gas stoves as a 8 yr old and up. helped in our garden and with our animals. yard work. collected stuff for furtalizer. learned later it can be used for burning for cooking and warmth. made my own toys as a little kid. doll clothes, my own pattern. learned to play the piano, organ, guitar, claranet, hermonica, violin, ukilaly. am learning Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Chinese, Navahoe, sign language. all types of math equations. A green thumb. janitorial. graphics editor. web designer. visual layout designer. helped out with engine upkeep. inteior. exterior.
What's your pattern for will socks? Are you on Etsy or have a youtube channel?
You're a Jill of all trades. GREAT JOB! ❤❤❤❤❤
Wool not will
@ I just go by a basic stitch pattern and add a deco. or just do a scrap sock. I don't have any content on any channel yet. thanks. :)
In your shoes (outdoor) use newspaper pages crunched together, it keeps the heat and takes away moist.
Another smart thing i observed in norway, was an elderly lady making soles from hair from a cow's tail, to put in hiking boots. Cant remember whether they were knitted or just put together.
Man who would have thought wearing warm clothes in the winter would help you stay warmer!? Insane.
My Mother-in-Law would put very hot tap water in the 2 liter plastic soda (coke or Pepsi) bottles to keep her feet warm.
I’m so for it!
I'm sold on wearable blankets. I even have one that I wear as my winter coat. And honestly, always getting compliments. I'm extremely anemic, so I stay cold. I recommend.
Thank you for this video! So many helpful reminders as well as new ideas! I live off grid, so anything "non grid" is wonderful!!
I live in a valley that gets winter inversions. No wood heating allowed due to poor air quality.
Ya choose where ya live
You all voted for it so there you go.
No hot stones here, just used soda bottles filled with warm water. One for feets in bed and one for back and neck. Placed 30 minutes before bedtime is the best. They keep warm for many hours while sleeping
9:13 just make sure you have the vent correct or you can get really sick or die from carbon monoxide
Were not allowed wood stoves anymore. I did have one when I moved in but Council took it out installed gas Central Heating. I loved that AGA. But it'd be too much now I'm old. I was only 21 when I moved in this house
We have studies in Australia(we love a wood fire) - smoke very bad for child asthma, so clean burning energy is better for health reasons. 😊
Thank you for this information. Another source is researching how Japanese people stay warm. Apparently a lot of houses have no central heating and it can get quite chilly. ♥️♥️👃✌️🇨🇦
Get 4 bricks, lay two bricks down, save the other two for another room. Buy a ceramic plate and flower pot, ensure the bottom of the flower pot has a hole in it. Take the plate and put a tea candle on it, light the tea candle, now take the flower pot and turn it upside down and lay it over the tea candle. The room will get very warm within 10 minutes. Do the same for another room. Once you get the hang of it, you won’t need to call the gas company for your entire winter.
We lost our heater one winter and couldn't afford to get it fixed. Thankfully we have a fireplace.
We layered our clothes and I'd make a fire at night.
We had 2 dogs and 3 cats then.
I'd made the fire, shut all the doors but ours and went to bed. Walked into our room and started laughing.
My husband and all our fur babies were already in bed. I had this tiny little spot I was able to sleep in. Our fur babies were warm and cuddly. And we were all safe together. 😂
You need to be aware of condensation and damp though. I have a constant issue with damp and have to have a window open every day, even then the damp causes black mould. England is a damp environment.
Black mould is extremely toxic and can give you cancer
You don't want to leave a room too cold like bathrooms and kitchens due to possible pipes cracking or breaking. I think 65 degrees is lowest safe temperature but check with your plumber.
@@TinaTia-eq2kh No your way off it's closer to the 30s before pipes freeze.
Courten off smaller sections of wherever you sit/sorry/work most. Shalom you're loved 💔
Maine still allows wood stoves. The community would have fits if the government tried to tell us to stop.
In Colorado wood stoves are pretty much becoming outlawed. Especially Denver which can sometimes have the worst air pollution in the US
@@texasrefugee7888that's horrible but we the people just keep letting these things happen
Our US government tries to copy England. England banned wood stoves unless grandfathered in. We are not England and have different geography. 🤦♀️
Potash is good for the environment. Anyone who thinks wood stoves are bad is ignorant . Try living through an ice storm with no heat.
@@stilleve757 yes, you are so right. People don't need to breathe! How dare they think that people need to breathe!
The rice packs are great for female cramps as well
I have endomitriosic and swear by my rice /heat bag
And stiff necks/sore muscles. Rice in cotton or flax heat in the microwave.
I am going to try the terracotta pot warmer, it sounds like a great idea. I have a hot water bottle for when my feet get cold.
A candle is a candle and it's already 100% efficient with or without a flower pot.
Also the amish do not heat with candles they use kerosene lamps for light.
You missed a MAJOR point..
Wool or other heat retaining clothes indeed keep in heat but they ALSO allow moisture to ESCAPE!
Without letting swear/moisture escape youd be
dank and miserable fast.
And by the way, heating pads place strong electric
and magnetic fields RIGHT NEXT TO your body snd often your head. Increasingly, this is recognized as a serious health hazard.
No it's not health hazard.
Putting Stones into fire to heat them.
Need totally dry stones. Otherwise they could explode fatal dangerously.
Pour avoir un lit toujours chaud et jamais humide, un truc de berger très ancien : une ou plusieurs peaux de mouton sous les reins!
Il y à très longtemps les gens dormaient dans et sous des fourrures…
Limestone has pockets in it that can contain moisture. It can blow apart if heated. Shrapnel can cause great injury.
I love the quirky discription 😊
Wearing jeans isnt warming. If they get wet they stay wet and cold for hours.
exactly; wet cotton can kill in the cold. wool or fleece or down. protect the down especially with a waterproof top layer.
Yep, once my husband had a wrecker call in the middle of the night. I usually wear two or three long skirts just above my ankle. That night I put on some jeans and boy was I cold especially when I first sat in the wrecker.
I live in Georgia and keep warm by layer up! Shed as the day goes on! In summer it’s really difficult
Still love my good old hot water bottle
I learned from you about the rice packs , the candle with a terracotta pot and the rocks being heated. I have a lot of petrified wood.
That's why I always tell my adult son since he was a small child to wear longjohns & long sleeve cotton shirts under his clothes. If not, wear a sweater. He chooses his micro fleece housecoat instead.... 🤔 💭
Thank you for sharing with us! 👍👍👍
We use wood stove in Buda, TX. Self-installed and love it!
Re: making rice heating pads, be sure to use 100% cotton fabric and thread if they will be going into the microwave. Most quilting fabric is 100% cotton. Polyester can melt and even catch fire in a microwave.
That's so beautiful - brilliant, energy-efficient, green! It's just wonderful!
Fireplaces and wood stoves, are not forbidden where I live. However insurance rates instantly jumps to unwanted levels, claiming Fire risk.
Wear sweat pants and a sweat shirt, on the top of your long underwear, all on the top of your regular underwear. And wear two pairs of sweatpants and sweatshirts, OVER your long underwear, if it's REALLY COLD OUTSIDE. Also, be sure to TUCK THE BOTTOMS, INTO THE INSIDE OF YOUR SOCKS.
After that you can continue layering, with a cotton sweater, then a hoodie. Add a scarf, and face mask that covers your ears. NOW YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR WINTER COAT, AND BOOTS. AND DON'T FORGET YOUR GLOVES.🥶🌝
You're welcome.😊
A deep ceiling ist helpful also.
I love my hot water bottle ❤
Good information
Thanks for the great ideas
❤We African Americans could've learned a lot from you-Amish I like your family and community lifestyle.
I guarantee you a African-American did not leave that comment ⬆️
You would never burn Pine wood indoors the sap would clog ur chimney or pipe
This isnt true. If your pine is dry you don’t have to worry about creosote. Has nothing to do with sap. If your pine is wet it will give off smoke and that hot smoke condenses on the chimney wall. If your pine is dry you can burn it no problems. That burning pine thing is a myth.
Not true if the pine is completely dry.
Not true depending on dryness of the wood and how you're using it.
for what it's worth.... the EPA has proven that wet pine burns as well as dry oak... again the EPA
Some parts of the world have nothing BUT pine to burn. do they all have clogged chimney pipes?
@margarettewest254 bullshit u are 100% wrong PINE and all related species are not for wood burning stoves or fireplaces. You are prepping ur self for a huge house fire
Just bought a small wood stove. Now to figure out installation.
My dad lived in Menonite area for a while, so I think he must have picked up a lot of these ideas. I'm in low income housing so my heat is included, but I do a lot of these.