Lisa Doss

Lisa Doss

Writer

Forsyth Magazines writer since 2012. Lisa is originally from Maryland and, after living in New York, Colorado and Texas, she’s proud to finally call North Carolina home. Lisa shares a home with her husband of 10 years, Kevin. Together, they have daughter, Sayre and their angel-son, Finn who lived two years. Their family also includes two dogs. Lisa has a degree in education and, as such, writes many educational articles for the magazines. Lisa enjoys traveling, is an avid reader and has done extensive work on her family’s genealogy. She is a state certified beekeeper since 2018 and a certified master gardener since 2019. When it comes to writing for Forsyth Magazines, Lisa said, “I love writing spring themes in winter, back to school articles in the heat of summer, and, best of all, starting to anticipate the Christmas season in October.”

Potting Soil Recipes

Have you ever wondered whether there was a precise formula for garden success?  For the garden alchemist, working with soils, fertilizers, and other natural amendments often is an experiment in

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Gardening in Small Spaces

Green thumb people think differently.  Despite dwelling in urban circumstances or in small spaces, you can still allow your creative mindset to dream of vertical or hanging structures.  Gardening may

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The Needs of Children

Have the rules of child rearing changed? Well, yes, the standards of social acceptance mold the pliable, ever-changing clay form, extracting this and adding that.  We’ve adapted from the 1960s

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The Value of a Dollar

Grandparents love to reminisce about the cost of goods and services in the good ol’ days.  Sentiments such as, “I remember when the cinema cost a nickel” and “In 1965,

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Intentional Teaching, Impromptu Moments

The unplanned happenstance occurs daily, if not hourly! Questions appear as a child comes across real-world learning situations.  Why let a good lesson drift by? Instead, capitalize on solving problems

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Dreams of a Greenhouse

Windows are the gateway to the real world; except, my office didn’t have one.  At mid-day, while most sought a quiet location to enjoy lunch, my escape, eight miles east,

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Articles By Lisa Doss

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