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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.
ASHTON Meadowside, Harrowbarrow, Callington, Cornwall, 01579 351275.
BISSOE Hicks Mill Chapel, Bissoe, Truro, Cornwall, 0777 6064193.
BLACK CROSS Killiworgie Stables, Killiworgie Mill, Black Cross, Newquay, Cornwall TR8 4LU, 01637 880570.
BLACKACRE Blackacre Riding Stables, Deep Tye Farm, Blackacre, St Columb, Cornwall TR9 6JA, 01637 880628.
BOSCASTLE Tredole Trekking & Riding Stables, Tredole Farm, Trevalga, Boscastle, Cornwall PL35 0ED,
01840 250495.
BODMIN Benbole Farm Trekking Stables, Benbole Farm, St Kew Highway, Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 3EF, 01208 841281.
BODMIN Hallagenna Farm Riding Stables, Hallagenna Farm, St Breward, Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 4NS, 01208 851500.
BODMIN Pendewey Farm, Stoney Lane, Bodmin Cornwall PL31
2QX, 01208 73850.
BOYTON Elm Park Equestrian
Centre, Elm Park, North Beer, Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 8NP, 01566 785353.
BUDE Efford Down Riding Stables, Efford Farm, Vicarage Road,
Bude, Cornwall EX23 8LT,
01288 354244.
BUDE Gooseham Barton Stables, Gooseham Barton Farm,
Morwenstow, Bude, Cornwall EX23 9PG, 01288 331204.
BUDE Maer Lane Riding Stables, Maer Lane, Bude, Cornwall EX23 9EE, 01288 354141.
CALLINGTON Meadowside, Harrowbarrow, Callington, Cornwall, 01579 351275.
CALLINGTON Timberdown Riding School, Lidwell, Callington, Cornwall PL17 8LJ, 01579 370577.
CAMBORNE 2 Minehead Terrace, Dowgas, Coombe, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7LU, dave.laurie@btinternet.com, 01726 883087. The stable comments: We have just added another horse, so there is plenty of material. Be sure to telephone or e-mail first, before calling.
CAMLEFORD Belle Camel Livery, Collans Park Farm, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9XE, 01840 213646.
CAMLEFORD Lakefield Equestrian Centre, Lower Pendavey Farm, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9TX, 01840 213279.
CARNONDOWNS Hicks Mill Chapel, Bissoe, Truro, Cornwall, 0777 6064193.
CHASE WATER Hicks Mill Chapel, Bissoe, Truro, Cornwall, 0777 6064193.
CONNOR DOWNS Paddock Stud, Meadowside, Gwithain Road, Connor Downs, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 5EA, 07788 715245.
CONSTANTINE Bosvathick Farm, Constantine, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 5RD, 01326 340367.
COOMBE 2 Minehead Terrace, Dowgas, Coombe, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7LU, dave.laurie@btinternet.com, 01726 883087. The stable comments: We have just added another horse, so there is plenty of material. Be sure to telephone or e-mail first, before calling.
CORNWALL/DEVON BORDER Lydvale Fell Ponies, Rosetree Cottage, Dippertown, Lewdown, Okehampton, Devon EX20 4PT, Lydvalefellponys@aol.com, 0156 6783471. Lydvale Fell Ponies comments: We have been selling/giving away our 'well rotted' manure for more than 20 years -- and many of the very first people we supplied are still having it to this day. Over the years we have acquired more animals and now produce more dung -- it is no longer financially viable for us to advertise and bag the stuff so we now offer it free if collected or we will deliver a one and a half ton (generous) load for about £30 according to how far we have to take it, or how much the gardener wants. Last year one gentleman took 47 loads. He got it for £15 a load!
DOWNGATE Charaton Cross, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall, Amanda.element@virgin.net, 01579 340825 or 07717 341574. The stable comments: We have a small private yard, we use our own produced hay (so no weeds!!) and a mixture of straw and wood shavings as bedding material. We often have large numbers of feeds sacks that can be used for collection. All collections are free, but a preliminary 'phone call is essential.
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