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.
DUNGANNON Moy Riding School Limited, 131, Derrycaw Road, Moy, Dungannon, County Tyrone BT71 6NA, 028 8778 4440.
FINTONA CTG Equestrian, 11, Ecclesville Road, Fintona, Omagh, County Tyrone BT78 2EF, 07719 316118.
FIVEMILETOWN The Forest Stables, 100 Cooneen Road, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone BT75 0NQ, 028 8952 1991.
MOY Moy Riding School Limited, 131, Derrycaw Road, Moy, Dungannon, County Tyrone BT71 6NA, 028 8778 4440.
OMAGH CTG Equestrian, 11 Ecclesville Road, Fintona, Omagh, County Tyrone BT78 2EF, 07719 316118.
SION MILLS Tullywhisker Riding School, 51a Brocklis Road, Sion Mills, Strabane, County Tyrone BT82 9LZ, 028 8165 8015.
STRABANE Glenkee Shetland Pony Stud, 34, Curlyhill Road, Strabane, County Tyrone BT82 8LP, 028 7188 2210.
STRABANE Tullywhisker Riding School, 51a Brocklis Road, Sion Mills, Strabane, County Tyrone BT82 9LZ, 028 8165 8015.
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