How to Improve your Garden Soil for Spring

Thinking about how to improve your garden soil for spring? Everything from garden location planning to storing up compost can give you a good head start to growing your best crops. Good soil is most important when planning to garden organically. Most gardens are not automatically rich in organic matter. Amendments are needed to be added every year to replenish what last year’s crop used.

Read More

Build a Chicken Coop in a Woodshed

While we knew we wanted to build a chicken coop, we definitely needed to continue to use our woodshed for storage. Our community will only allow us to have a small amount of chickens. Therefore, we are creating a tiny home for our chickens inside of our woodshed as well as keeping space available for wood storage.

Read More

ABOUT

About Life in the Green.House Life in the Green.House is a collection of recipes, growing experiences, and ideas on how to live naturally. Chris Schudy’s love of gardening and living naturally started as a child growing up with a grandpa who loved to garden. Career choices led her to graphic design and branding, yet she…

Read More

Blog

Small Batch of Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe By Chris Schudy | December 24, 2023 I wish I could say that these cookies are “healthy” but truthfully they are just a comfort food and may be a little friendlier to those who cannot tolerate wheat or gluten. Read More → The What, How and Why…

Read More

LIVE NATURALLY

Live Naturally Homemade Granola Bars for Energy and Brain Health Homemade Granola Bars This original recipe for these homemade granola bars came from Raw Food Real World. The … Read More → Healthy Freezer Fudge Healthy Freezer Fudge I love to make this fudge because it is so easy! If it is wrapped … Read…

Read More

GROW NATURALLY

Grow Naturally Apple Thyme Bread Recipe for Apple Thyme Bread Apple Thyme Bread is an excellent recipe to utilize wonderful apples in the … Read More → Make Plantable Seed Paper Why Make Plantable Seed Paper? Making your own plantable seed paper creates an opportunity for wonderful gifts. In … Read More → Best Ranch…

Read More

EAT NATURALLY

Eat Naturally Make Butter in a Blender Why Should I make Butter in a Blender? Before I explain how I make butter in a blender, … Read More → Make Your Own Nut Butter Make Your Own Nut Butter There are a lot of dairy-free products in the market. However, store shelf … Read More…

Read More

Home

See the latest Blog Post EAT Naturally A collection of simple recipes that are clean and nourishing LIVE Naturally Skincare, cleaning, foraging and natural decor ideas GROW Naturally From planting to saving seeds along with soil basics What LifeIntheGreen.House is All About Welcome! Join me in this journey in capturing the basics… eat, live and…

Read More