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Telephone (or e-mail, if that is possible) any of the following commercial centres and private owners to make an appointment to collect horse manure for use in the garden in place of mixed farmyard manure -- which is becoming increcasingly difficult to acquire in the United Kingdom, and for which horse manure is an ideal substitute. At the same time, arrange collection method and agree on a price if a price is charged. Note that many sources of supply are glad to give away the material.
Do not attempt to collect without first arranging to do so. These are working establishments, and cannot cater for unexpected visitors.
Go equipped with stout plastic sacks (not kitchen-bin liners or supermarket shopping bags, which are insufficiently strong). When collecting, no more than half fill a plastic sack. Horse manure -- fresh or composted -- is weighty. First protect the car's surfaces with plastic sheeting or dust
sheets. Fresh horse manure is wet (although old, composted material -- of which many centres have a great deal, which is highly worth seeking out -- is comparatively dry). After collecting and unloading, spray the car's interior with a sweetening aerosol spray. Fresh horse manure is strongly ammonia-charged. Fully-composted material has little smell.
Horse manure may be applied to the soil in its fresh state (unlike mixed farmyard manure), but it is a better soil conditioner after one or two years of composting (during which time it loses its characteristic odour and becomes easy to handle). For a detailed account of head gardener R J Harris's ways of managing and using horse manure read the section MANURE, pages 219-224, of
'R J Harris's Moon Gardening'((using the computer's back button to return to this point).
Horse managers wishing to have their premises included in this list should contact reallyusefulbooks@boltblue.com to make an arrangement. Inclusion is free.
ARBORFIELD Carters Hill Livery Stables, Carters Hill, Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire RG2 9JJ, 0118 976 1938.
ARBORFIELD Cloud Stables, Church Lane, Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire RG2 9JA, 0118 976 1522.
ASCOT Abony Equestrian Centre, Blacknest Gate, Blacknessgate Road, London Road, Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0PS, 01344 874848.
ASCOT Beaumont Stables, Ascot Paddocks, Winkfield Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7LP, 01344 627373.
BRACKNELL Angel-Arabians,
Oakbarn Farm, Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7PB, 01344 300934.
BRACKNELL Brookfield Farm Stables, Bracknell Road, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6BH, 01344 890055.
BRACKNELL Grove Farm Stables, Maize Lane, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6BE, 01344 423661.
BRACKNELL The Treetops Partnership, Treetops, Bishops Lane, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6HY, 01344 886515.
BRADFIELD Bradfield Riding Centre, Malthouse Farm, Bradfield, Reading, Berkshire RG7 6AJ,
0118 974 4048.
BRAY Wayside Stable, Fifield Road, Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2PG, 01628 777735.
BRIMPTON Hillcourt Lodge, Brimpton, Reading RG7 4TG, Berkshire, 01189712065. The lodge comments: "We bed the horses down on hemp. This makes the most brilliant manure going. It rots down very quickly and homes hundreds of worms. It turns into a really light material. We are willing to have gardeners take some."
BURNHAM Snowball Farm Equestrian Centre, Dorney Wood Road, Burnham, Slough, Berkshire SL1 8EH, 01628 666222.
CHECKENDON Checkendon Equestrian Centre, Lovegroves Lane, Checkendon, Reading, Berkshire RG8 0NE, 01491 680225.
CHILTON FOLIAT East Soley Equestrian Centre, The Stables, East Soley Old Farmhouse, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 0TX, 01488 686232.
COMPTON New Farm Equine, New Farm, Coombe Road, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 6RQ, 01635 578863.
CURRIDGE Curridge Green Riding School, Orchard End, Curridge, Thatcham, Berkshire RG18 9EA, 01635 200694.
DORNEY COMMON Spanish Bit Riding School, Elm Farm, Boveney Road, Dorney Common, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6QD, 01628 661275.
EAST WOODHAY Woodhaven Stud, East Woodhay House, East Woodhay, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 0NF, 01635 254475.
EMMER GREEN Palmers Riding Stables, 3 Rosehill Farm Cottages, Peppard Road, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire RG4 8XA, 0118 948 3449.
ETON WICK Bell Farm Livery Stables, Bell Farm, Bell Lane, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6LH, 01753 830717.
ETON WICK Seb Stables & Seb Trading, Crown Farm, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6PG, 01753 621923.
FARLEY HILL Cow City, Chandler Farms, Church Lane, Farley Hill, Berkshire RG7 1UP, 07771 512385.
FIFIELD Film & TV Horses, Free Range Farm, Oakley Green Road, Fifield, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 4GW, 07831 629662.
FINCHAMPSTEAD Wheatlands Farm, White Horse Lane, Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 4LZ, 0118 973 1918.
HAWTHORN HILL Gleniffer Stables, Drift Road, Hawthorn Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3ST, 01628 626615.
HOLYPORT Foxley Court Equestrian, Foxley Farm, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3LA, 01628 777119.
HUNGERFORD East Soley Equestrian Centre, The Stables, East Soley Old Farmhouse, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 0TX, 01488 686232.
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