Episodes

Friday May 23, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Crop Life Balance (5-23-2025)
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
The barley in my 12-variety cover crop mix germinated. Now my best hope is for timely rains and that my hard-working colleague is forced to reschedule a few golf games.
-Lisa

Monday May 19, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Low Expectations for Motherhood (5-16-2025)
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
This first-time mama loves her lamb despite the pain and suffering of bringing it into the world. I pulled the lamb into the world right before I met with politicians.
-Lonnie

Monday May 19, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Inner Voices of Obligation (5-9-2025)
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
This first-time mama loves her lamb despite the pain and suffering of bringing it into the world. I pulled the lamb into the world right before I met with politicians.
-Lisa

Monday May 19, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Sounds Sheep Speak (5-2-2025)
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Sheep don't need words to express themselves. Neither do chickens.
-Lonnie

Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Dirty Laundry (4-25-2025)
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Springtime at the ranch offers plenty of opportunity to get dirty. Laundry duties will have to wait. I'm having too much fun outside.
-Lisa

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - When Family Comes Home (4-18-2025)
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
The ranch provided common ground when Shane Jansen and Stephanie Hutton wanted to reconnect with me. The land is the foundation for so many relationships.
-Lisa

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Bernadette's Symmetry (4-11-2025)
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
When a cow was abandoned as a calf, she should be happy to adopt a calf. Bernadette is happy to eat grain, but not happy to let a calf find breakfast. She has a week to change her mind.
-Lisa

Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - A Calf's Birth Story (4-4-2025)
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
This heifer in the photo wants to be left alone with her new calf. Lisa Schmidt remembers that feeling well. Some aspects of birth stories are universal. I hope you are enjoying this spring as much as I am.
Thanks,
Lisa

Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Art and Soul (3-28-2025)
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
The art of telling a story humbles and inspires me to share stories from the land. My daughter, Abby, thinks she is taller than I, but this photo tells the true story. See what you think.
-Lisa

Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Letters From a Land of Grass - Useful Information (3-21-2025)
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
When he asked to visit a cattle ranch in Montana, Tom didn't know he would be recruited to wrangle sheep into the alley to be sheared. Fortunately, Tom has worked with sheep for his entire life so helping me wasn't his first rodeo.
-Lisa
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