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Letters From a Land of Grass - Crop Life Balance (5-23-2025)

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

 

Letters From a Land of Grass - Low Expectations for Motherhood (5-16-2025)

 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

Letters From a Land of Grass - Inner Voices of Obligation (5-9-2025)

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

 

Letters From a Land of Grass - Sounds Sheep Speak (5-2-2025)

Sheep don't need words to express themselves. Neither do chickens.

 

-Lonnie

Letters From a Land of Grass - Dirty Laundry (4-25-2025)

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

Letters From a Land of Grass - When Family Comes Home (4-18-2025)

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

Letters From a Land of Grass - Bernadette's Symmetry (4-11-2025)

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

Letters From a Land of Grass - A Calf's Birth Story (4-4-2025)

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

Letters From a Land of Grass - Art and Soul (3-28-2025)

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

Letters From a Land of Grass - Useful Information (3-21-2025)

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