Home is Where the Food Grows

Home is Where the Food Grows

TERRAIN, Winter 2009

Catherine Ryan writes about how people are converting their lawns to mini-farms as the recession lingers. The article also includes lawn to garden conversion tips from sustainable landscape designer Joshua Thayer and photography by Catherine Ryan.

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The Best Ways to Love the Planet

The Best Ways to Love The Planet

Self, August 2008

Earth-friendly tips fit even the busiest lifestyle and promise to reduce readers’ carbon footprints with minor effort.

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Adventures n Composting

Adventures in Composting

Self, April 2007

What happens when a city dweller learns how to compost outside her urban apartment? Writer Catherine Ryan tries her hand at turning her trash into “black gold” to nourish the impoverished soil in her Harlem home.

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