Evergreen Farms

09/01/2024

Great evening spent with our boarders and friends of EF! It was so nice to spend the evening at the dock by the pond with everyone! Thanks to everyone who came out last night! Nacho bar, margarita bar, and popcorn bar were a hit! Thanks to Mike for setting up the projector and movie too!! 🍿🥑🍋🐴

08/28/2024

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Join us next Tuesday for our first of four community swaps! Swap house plants, share plant cuttings, or drop off plants you would prefer find a new home! No registration is required.

08/27/2024

ALAN! Love this name!

Join us in welcoming Alan, a 12.1 Haflinger whose full name is Edgar Alan Pony. He is 20 years old and super steady. We are so glad to have him on our team. Check our website for more pictures and info: https://www.fieldstonefarm.org/ourhorses/allan/

08/06/2024

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08/05/2024

Everyone enjoyed the carrot tops from Kennedy! 🥕

08/05/2024

Make Them Carry Their Saddle

A father of a darling girl and I were talking last week and he said that he wanted his daughter to ride more and not have to do the work part of the catching, grooming, and saddling. I smiled as I explained.

Riding horses is a combination of strength, timing, and balance. Kids in this country are physically weak (unless they are actively involved with weight training and physical conditioning 4+ times a week.)

When you walk out to the field, you are clearing your stress from being under fluorescent lights all day; feeling the sun soak into your bones. As your body moves on uneven surfaces, it strengthens your legs and core.

When you groom your horse (especially currying), you are toning your arms and stabilizing your core.

When you carry your saddle, your arms, chest, and back are doing isolated strengthening work.

Being near horses, calms and makes you tune into the splendor of these empathetic animals.

When you ride at a posting trot, it’s equivalent to a slow jog calorie burn wise.

After a lesson, the riders are physically tired and mentally quiet and balanced.

Horses feel your heart beat and mirror your emotions back.

Riding large and somewhat unpredictable animals makes you resilient and pushes your expectations.

Working with horses is so much more than learning how to ride.

So parents, make your children carry their saddles. Don’t do the hard parts for them, as long term it actually hurts them. To advance with their riding, they must get stronger. You can help by doing the high parts.

I love having you all at the farm, and am so grateful to get to share these fascinating animals with you.

Hannah Campbell Zapletal

08/04/2024

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07/31/2024

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07/27/2024

As if going to the Olympics isn't enough - how cool are the shoes 😍

📸Coco & Gus - Pamfou Dressage

07/27/2024

🍀🤍Today is the day!!!! Come out and support the youth!! Fill your freezers while writing the purchase off come tax time! 🤍🍀

07/23/2024

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07/23/2024

07/12/2024

As fair season approaches, please keep this in mind,also I would like to add have fun, fair is made for learning and fun. “If your not winning you are learning”!! And good luck to
The girls of team SnS at all of their upcoming fairs!!

07/04/2024

Rest easy sweet buddy, Roscoe. He loved playing ball, soaking in the water, poking people for attention, treats- all the treats, going for walks, chasing the gator or golf cart, rolling in the hay or grass, and his brother taught him how to chase squirrels, even though I’m not sure he knew what the end game was. We will miss the smile he always wore. He will be so deeply missed. We know his best buddy, buster, was waiting for him on the other side. 🎾🪽

06/27/2024

Someone passed this onto us and we thought it was a great idea to share.
With the 4th of July right around the corner we tend to get several calls about dogs getting out, and owners frantically trying to find them. We ask that you make sure your dogs have their collars on, updated contact information on their licenses, or do something similar to the picture below !
We can not scan for microchips. We do not have a scanner, and if the vets offices are closed, we will have to transport any found dogs that are unclaimed to Lake County Dog Shelter.
We love our community fur babies and want to make sure they are safe! 🐾💕

06/25/2024

This is a photo taken by a vet while attending the horse who had fallen through the floor of someone's trailer. Thought it was worth sharing to serve as a good reminder to get your trailer floors checked regularly.