Linden Woods Farm

14/10/2024

14/10/2024

Wentworth Hunt

04/07/2024

Just an afternoon unloading close to 800 bales of hay

28/06/2024

20/06/2024

Bruno, Freya and Bert at GMHA last weekend

06/06/2024

For Sale:

Phineas- 12 year old Oldenburg gelding.

Phineas has shown through the lower levels of dressage but is currently looking for a more laid back life with less stress and pressure. He can be a bit quirky and spooky in the ring and needs a fairly confident rider. He has nice movement that is easy to sit. No buck or rear. He will hack quietly alone or in a group, can jump, good for vet, farrier, etc. Phineas is super sweet and loves to please.

Low 5 figures
Durham NH

24/05/2024

Friends don’t let you drink alone 😂

14/05/2024

Successful first outing of the season at Bear Spot Farms spring dressage show!

Poulin Grain CWD - Northern New England 4-Star Trailers, Inc.

16/04/2024

Read , let it sink in, then read again :

“No. 1. Get your tack and equipment just right, and then forget about it and concentrate on the horse.

No. 2. The horse is bigger than you are, and it should carry you. The quieter you sit, the easier this will be for the horse.

No. 3. The horse's engine is in the rear. Thus, you must ride your horse from behind, and not focus on the forehand simply because you can see it.

No. 4. It takes two to pull. Don't pull. Push.

No. 5. For your horse to be keen but submissive, it must be calm, straight and forward.

No. 6. When the horse isn`t straight, the hollow side is the difficult side.

No. 7. The inside rein controls the bending, the outside rein controls the speed.

No. 8. Never rest your hands on the horse's mouth. You make a contract with it: "You carry your head and I'll carry my hands."

No. 10. Once you've used an aid, put it back.

No. 11. You can exaggerate every virtue into a defect.

No. 12. Always carry a stick, then you will seldom need it.

No. 13. If you`ve given something a fair trial, and it still doesn't work, try something else—even the opposite.

No. 14. Know when to start and when to stop. Know when to resist and when to reward.

No. 15. If you're going to have a fight, you pick the time and place.

No. 16. What you can't accomplish in an hour should usually be put off until tomorrow.

No. 17. You can think your way out of many problems faster than you can ride your way out of them.

No. 18. When the horse jumps, you go with it, not the other way around.

No. 19. Don`t let over-jumping or dull routine erode the horse's desire to jump cleanly. It's hard to jump clear rounds if the horse isn't trying.

No. 20. Never give up until the rail hits the ground.

No. 21. Young horses are like children—give them a lot of love, but don't let them get away with anything.

No. 22. In practice, do things as perfectly as you can; in competition, do what you have to do.

No. 23. Never fight the oats.

No. 24. The harder you work, the luckier you get."

~Bill Steinkraus

11/04/2024

Happy birthday Luke and Bruno! Luke is twice is old as Bruno 😂

02/04/2024

Jeremy Steinberg will be here for May 4th and 5th. Couple riding spots available. PM or email [email protected] if interested.

29/03/2024

Training stall available

Short term tune up for show season or young horses that need developing and show mileage or FEI horse that needs campaigning

Also have availability for clinics and coaching at shows

www.lindenwoodsfarm.org

PM or call Leslie Ann 603-396-2565

29/03/2024

We have been feeding Poulin Grain for 20 years. The customer support is top notch and our performance horses have been thriving on it.

Hygain has announced they will no longer be selling horse feed in the USA. Here's a guide for owners interested in switching to Poulin Grain premium equine feeds:

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10/03/2024

Rainy day naps

19/01/2024

“Farm work doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you anything. It reveals you.

There’s gym strong and then there’s farm strong. They’re mutually exclusive.

The toughest women you’ll ever meet spend their days on a farm.

There are more uses for twine than you can possibly imagine. You can tie up a hole in a slow feeder, fashion a tail strap for a horse’s blanket, mend a broken fence and use it as a belt.

“Well that certainly didn’t go as planned,” is one thing you’ll say quite a bit.

Control is a mere illusion. The thought that you have any, at any given time, is utterly false.

Sometimes sleep is a luxury. So are lunch and dinner. And brushing your hair.

If you’ve never felt your obliques contract, then you’ve never tried stopping an overly full wheelbarrow of horse manure from tipping over sideways. Trust me, you’ll find muscles that you never knew existed on the human skeleton to prevent this from happening.

When one of the animals is ill, you’ll go to heroic lengths to minimize their discomfort.
When you lose one of them, even though you know that day is inevitable, you still feel sadness, angst and emotional pain from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. And it’s a heaviness that lingers even though you must regroup and press on.

You’ll cry a lot. But you’ll never live more fully. You’ll remain present no matter what because you must. There is no other option.

You’ll ask for so many miracles and hold out hope until the very last.

You will, at least once, face-plant in the manure pile.

You’ll find yourself saying things like, “we have maybe twenty minutes of daylight left to git ‘er done” whilst gazing up at a nonspecific place in the sky.

You’ll become weirdly obsessive about the weather.

You’ll go out in public wearing filthy clothes and smelling of dirt, sweat and p**p. People will look at you sideways and krinkle their noses but you won’t care.

Your entire day can derail within ten seconds of the rising sun.

You can wash your coveralls. They won’t look any cleaner, but they will smell much nicer.

Farm work is difficult in its simplicity.

You’ll always notice just how beautiful sunrises and sunsets really are.

Should you ever have the opportunity to work on a farm, take the chance! You will never do anything more satisfying in your entire life.

Well, that about sums it up, folks!” - unknown author

So true. All of it.
Cheers, Christina - Handley Acres Metal Creations

11/01/2024

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26/12/2023

Merry Christmas! 🎄