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 increasingly 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.
ANTRIM Connel Hill Riding Centre, 48 Drumsough Road, Randalstown, Antrim, County Antrim BT41 2NW, 028 9447 2632.
ANTRIM Sweet Wall, 10 Sweet Wall Road, Muckamore, Antrim, County Antrim BT41 2HL, 028 9443 9299.
BALLYMENA Castlehill Equestrian Centre, 86a Fenaghy Road, Cullybackey, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 1EA, 028 2588 1222.
BALLYMENA Equi-Breed, 325 Cushendall Road, Ballymena, County Antrim BT43 6PS, 028 2565 3788.
BALLYMENA Galgorm Parks Riding School, 112 Sand Road, Galgorm Parks, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 1DN, 028 2588 0269.
BALLYMENA H F Dunlop, 2 Craigs Road, Cullybackey, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 1PF, 028 2588 0272.
BALLYMENA Jumping Dale, 80 Collin Road, Moorfields, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 3BY, 028 2583 1429.
BELFAST Birr House Riding Centre, 81 Whinney Hill, Dundonald, Belfast, County Antrim BT16 1UA, 028 90 425858.
BELFAST Lagan Valley Livery Centre, 170 Upper Malone Road, Dunmurry, Belfast, County Antrim BT17 9JZ, 028 9061 4265.
BELFAST The Burn Equestrian Club, Knockbracken Health Care Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast, County Antrim BT8 8RA, 028 9040 2384.
CRUMLIN Tulleynewbank Stables, 25 Tullynewbank Road, Glenavy, Crumlin, County Antrim BT29 4PQ, 028 9445 4657.
CULLYBACKEY Castlehill Equestrian Centre, 86a Fenaghy Road, Cullybackey, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 1EA, 028 2588 1222.
CULLYBACKEY H F Dunlop, 2 Craigs Road, Cullybackey, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 1PF, 028 2588 0272.
DUNDONALD Birr House Riding Centre, 81 Whinney Hill, Dundonald, Belfast, County Antrim BT16 1UA, 028 90 425858.
DUNMURRY Lagan Valley Livery Centre, 170 Upper Malone Road, Dunmurry, Belfast, County Antrim BT17 9JZ, 028 9061 4265.
GALGORM PARKS Galgorm Parks Riding School, 112 Sand Road, Galgorm Parks, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 1DN, 028 2588 0269.
GLENAVY Tulleynewbank Stables, 25 Tullynewbank Road, Glenavy, Crumlin, County Antrim BT29 4PQ, 028 9445 4657.
ISLANDMAGEE Islandmagee Riding Centre, 103 Browns Bay Road, Islandmagee, Larne, County Antrim BT40 3TL, 028 9338 2108.
ISLANDMAGEE Rainbow Equestrian Centre, 24 Hollow Road, Islandmagee, Larne, County Antrim BT40 3RL, 028 9338 2929.
LISBURN Brooklands Equestrian, 11 Mullaghcarton Road, Lisburn, County Antrim BT28 2TE, 028 9262 1000.
LARNE Islandmagee Riding Centre, 103 Browns Bay Road, Islandmagee, Larne, County Antrim BT40 3TL, 028 9338 2108.
LARNE Rainbow Equestrian Centre, 24 Hollow Road, Islandmagee, Larne, County Antrim BT40 3RL, 028 9338 2929.
LISBURN Danescroft Equestrian Centre, 21 Waterloo Road, Lisburn, County Antrim BT27 5NW, 028 9260 2621.
LISBURN Lusk Equestrian & Livery Centre, 48 Knockany Road, Lisburn, County Antrim BT27 6YB, 07831 661428.
LISBURN M Buser, 44 Braniel Road, Lisburn, County Antrim BT27 5JJ, 028 9082 6810.
MOORFIELDS Jumping Dale, 80 Collin Road, Moorfields, Ballymena, County Antrim BT42 3BY, 028 2583 1429.
MUCKAMORE Sweet Wall, 10 Sweet Wall Road, Muckamore, Antrim, County Antrim BT41 2HL, 028 9443 9299.
RANDALSTOWN Connel Hill Riding Centre, 48 Drumsough Road, Randalstown, Antrim, County Antrim BT41 2NW, 028 9447 2632.
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