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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 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 of all 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 raw state (unlike mixed farmyard manure), but it is better as a one- or two-year composted soil conditioner. For a detailed account of head gardener R J Harris's ways of managing and using horse manure read the sections MANURE/1 and MANURE/2 of
R J Harris's Moon Gardening: Vegetables and Soft Fruit((using the computer's back button to return to this point after using this link).
Gardeners practising on the Hampshire/Dorsetshire border or the Hampshire/Isle of Wight border or the Hampshire/Sussex border or the Hampshire/Surrey border or the Hampshire/Wiltshire border are recommended to consult also the Dorsetshire list or the Isle of Wight list or the Sussex list or the Surrey list or the Wiltshire list for nearby non-Hampshire locations (using the computer's back button to return to this point after using this link).
Horse managers wishing to have their premises included in this list should contact reallyusefulbooks@boltblue.com to make an arrangement. Inclusion is free.
ALDERHOLT Alderholt Riding & Livery Stables, Four Winds, Ringwood Road, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 3DF, 01425 653873.
ALRESFORD Hampshire Hunt Stables, Petersfield Road, Ropley, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 0EG, 01962 773626.
ALRESFORD Punsholt Farm, West Tisted, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 0HN, 01730 828281.
ALTON Froxfield Stud Farm, Basingdene Equestrian Centre, Alexanders Lane, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PW, 01730 828426.
ALTON Inadown Farm Riding Stables, Newton Valance, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3RR, 01420 588439.
ALTON Medstead Grange Equestrian Centre, Medstead Grange Farm, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire GU34 5NL, 01420 564440.
ALTON The Old Stables, Headmoor Farm, Headmoor Lane, Four Marks, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3ES, 01420 588211.
AMPORT Amport Riding School, Furzedown Lane, Amport, Andover, Hampshire SP11 8BE, 01264 772972.
ANDOVER Amport Riding School, Furzedown Lane, Amport, Andover, Hampshire SP11 8BE, 01264 772972.
ANDOVER Down House Farm, Andover Down, Andover, Hampshire SP11 6LR, 01264 352862.
ANDOVER Redenham Park Stud, New Cottages, Redenham Park, Andover, Hampshire SP11 9AJ, 01264 772990.
ANDOVER Quarley Riding Centre, The Priory, Wherwell, Andover, Hampshire SP11 7JJ, 01264 860814.
ANDOVER Poplar Farm, Kimpton, Andover, Hampshire SP11 8PG, 01264 772587.
ANDOVER DOWN Down House Farm, Andover Down, Andover, Hampshire SP11 6LR, 01264 352862.
AXMANSFORD Springwood Grange, Axmansford, Tadley, Hampshire RG26 5SB, 0118 982 1975.
BAGNUM Bagnum Riding Stables, Little Bagnum Farm, Bagnum, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 3BZ, 01425 476263.
BATTRAMSLEY CROSS Fold Farm, North Common Lane, Sway, Hampshire SO41 8LS, jsholmes@lineone.net, 01590 670477. Fold Farm comments: We have well rotted horse manure and also chicken manure, which is retained separately.
BAUGHURST Moyglare Farm Livery Stables, Stoney Heath, Baughurst, Tadley, Hampshire RG26 5SN, 01256 851355.
BEAULIEU Decoy Pond Farm, Beaulieu Road, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7YQ, 023 8029 2652.
BISHOPS WALTHAM Dundridge Lane, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire SO32 1GD, 01489 892992.
BISHOPS WALTHAM Meon Valley Stud, Dean Farm, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire SO32 1FX, 01489 895635.
BISHOP'S WALTHAM New Road, Meonstoke, Southampton, Hampshire SO32 3NN, sian@thehighview.co.uk, 01489 877341. The stables comment: "Free to collectors."
BORDON Hearn Farm Livery Yard, Spats Lane, Headley Down, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 8SY, 01428 714300.
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