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  Mark May 18, 2010 at 10:08pm

  I'm 43 and hope to have at least another 10 in me at the rate I'm going...? Strange but the more you do the more you can do, the body is a wonderful thing, when I first started out it almost crippled me but now I can regularly out compete how I was in the early days..plus I'm doing 6 days a week most weeks now, today I started at grafting at 9am and was still going at 7.30pm ! Mother nature waits for no man Lol.
  
  I get worn out like you but after a good nights kip I'm normally good to go, glass of wine and a hot bath every evening helps, using the right tools correctly and working smarter and pacing yourself all help ;-)
  
  Hang in there
  Mark
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 18, 2010 at 10:19pm

  im 36 . i have 30 years to go lol......... keep praying !
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    Neil Bishop May 18, 2010 at 10:50pm

    Well I'm 26 and working as hard and as fast as I can! My expectations are to be working like this for many years, hopefully building it up to a reasonable level where I can oversee many projects and manage many people at one time. But that is all in the future so for now I'll take every day as it comes!
    
    ROWLY HILL said:

    Too many old git dibblers...who's the youngest juicer and what are your expectations and work expectancies?
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 18, 2010 at 10:28pm

  think i better drink more wine !! ive done 9 years so cant be too bad ! and a bit as a child ;-)
  
  
  its all in the mind (or the back !) slow and steady eh...
  
  ROWLY HILL said:

  Too many old git dibblers...who's the youngest juicer and what are your expectations and work expectancies?
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  Gary Hedges May 18, 2010 at 10:36pm

  As I said in the other post my Dad is 72 and still going strong.
  The thing is when he turned 60 he would say 'only another 5 years until I can retire' he said this for 5 years until the day come, he lasted 3 months and just could not handle doing nothing all day, so he went back to some of his old clients for a day then two and now works 3 1/2 days a week.
  Why? It's because he loves what he does.
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  Gary Hedges May 18, 2010 at 10:53pm

  Sadly your probably right Rowly.
  I think the days of early retirement are over except for the lucky few, and 70 will be the norm for retirement.
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  David Cox May 18, 2010 at 11:53pm

  I'm just starting out at 24, so hopefuly got plenty of 'juice' in me to go. This does seem to be a good steady physical trade, requireing good general knowledge as well as brawn, so it should hit all the right buttons!
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  Phil Voice May 19, 2010 at 7:35am

  I'm coming up for 46 and I sold up my business when I was 39 but then spent the last five years renovating our farm here.
  
  I broke my right leg twice in my late teens and my right leg is shorter than the left and my spine is constantly under pressure - I didn't want to be working physically had for others into retirement age.
  
  I would say however, I agree about the mental aspect of physical work and I've never let my slight disability get the better of me. If I were to spend all my time vegetating I would die physically and mentally.
  
  I once employed a gardener who was 63 when he joined us and could outwork anyone of any age; he had the most amazing mental strength - had worked hard all his life and came to me for the last two years and I was very proud to be the one to buy him his gold watch for his retirement.
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  Sarah Russell May 19, 2010 at 8:39am

  I am 44 and knackered most days! I probably can keep going until I am 50 doing the hard grafting, but am hoping that once my teenage children have flown the coop I will try and find a head gardener job somewhere, because I think a lot of my tiredness comes of trying to manage 15 gardens by myself! Just one garden... what bliss! Mind you, I might get a bit bored...
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  choughman May 19, 2010 at 9:51am

  well, i'm 35, feel bout 55 and my business partner is 58 and SHE is fitter than me!! I see the government in their wiseness have increased retirement age for me, to 67 so obviously they expect that i will be able to do what i'm doing now, then! For someone who has scoliosis and arthritis in the spine ( since 17) and a stroke at 23 i think im doing pretty well but doubt i'll go beyond fifty! Been doing this job for 15 years and another fifteen terrifies me!!!!