Looking for 50+ friends with farms and horses

goldenrodfarm

Looking for some friends that have more in common with me, I am 59 living in Northern Maine. I have a 70 acre farm with lots of different animals including a paint mare that is just 4yo, ready for more training this summer. I hope to have her riding by the end of the summer, I will do a lot of the training but feel that I need to have someone with more recent experience to back her the first time. It is hard to try to explain exercises like throwing down hay, putting away 50lb bags of feed, the constant repair work that is needed on a farm, although I did find a site that gives the calories in mucking a stall, feeding animals, assisting in lambing and that kind of activity. On the weight front, I have gained quite a bit of weight from not eating correctly and snacking too much to stay awake on my night job not to mention on the way home from the job. I have a good start already losing 16 lbs so far and am determined to get down to the weight I was 10 years ago so I can ride my baby!