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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.
AKELEY Buckinghamshire Natural Horse Centre, Cherrie Tree Barn, Home Farm, Akeley Wood, Akeley, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 5BW, 01280 812153.
AMERSHAM Shardeloes Farm Equestrian Centre, Cherry Lane, Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP7 0QF, 01494 433333.
AYLESBURY Foxden House Stables, Foxden House, Main Street, Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0SH, 07789 938307.
AYLESBURY Franklins Farm & Riding School, Ickford Road, Shabbington, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 9HN, 01844 201339.
AYLESBURY Hartwell Riding Stables Limited, Oxford Road, Stone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 8NP,
01296 747780.
AYLESBURY Hideaway Farm, Pulpit Lane, Oving, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 4EZ, 01296 641603.
AYLESBURY Home Close Farm, Butlers Cross, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 0TR, 01296 622196.
AYLESBURY Liberation Farm, Berryfields Gated Road, Quarrendon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 4AA, 07748 960434.
AYLESBURY Parkside, Hideaway Farm, Pulpit Lane, Oving, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
HP22 4EZ, 01296 641603.
AYLESBURY Quainton Riding
Stables Limited, Berryfields
Road, Quainton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 4AD,
01296 655560.
AYLESBURY Waddesdon Stud, Upper Winchendon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0ER, 01296 651341.
BEACONSFIELD W S Allen, 30 Holtspur Way, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 1DX, 01494 673959.
BLEDLOW RIDGE Tudor Stud Farm Equestrian Centre, Tudor Stud Farm, Chinnor Road, Bledlow Ridge, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP14 4AA, 01494 481056.
BOCKMER Bockmer Livery Stables, 2 Bockmer End Cottage, Bockmer, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 2HL, 01491 571284.
BOW BRICKHILL Collingwood Stables, 3 Station Road, Bow Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK17 9JN, 01908 375151.
BUCKINGHAM Buckinghamshire Natural Horse Centre, Cherrie Tree Barn, Home Farm, Akeley Wood, Akeley, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 5BW, 01280 812153.
BUCKINGHAM Glebe Farm Riding Stables, Buckingham Road, Gawcott, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 4JE, 07835 051354.
BUCKINGHAM Hogshaw Horse Hire, Lower Farm, Hogshaw, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 3LB, 01296 670236.
BUCKINGHAM Leckhampstead Wharf Stud Buckingham, Leckhampstead Wharf House, Leckhampstead, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 5EZ, 01280 812230.
BUCKINGHAM Sarah McNab A I, Barton Grounds, Newton Purcell, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 4BA, 07756 104330.
BUCKINGHAM Stowe Ridings Equestrian Centre, Blackpit Farm, Silverstone Road, Stowe, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 5LJ, 01280 812363.
CADMORE END Chequers End Equestrian Centre, Chequers Lane, Cadmore End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP14 3PQ, 01494 882259.
CHALFONT ST GILES Chalfont Valley Equestrian, Bottom House Farm, Bottom House Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4EG, 01494 876400.
CHALFONT ST GILES Cross Lane Farm Livery Stables, Cross Lane Farm, Lodge Lane, Little Chalfont, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4AX, 01494 870945.
CHALFONT ST GILES Windmill Farm, Bowstridge Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4RG, 01494 873056.
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