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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 Isle of Wight/Hampshire border are recommended to consult also the Hampshire list for nearby non-Isle of Wight sources((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. There is no charge for the service.
BEMBRIDGE Sally's Riding, Bantry House, Ducie Avenue, Bembridge, Isle of Wight PO35 5NE, 01983 872260.
BRADING Delysia Stud Stables, Carpenters Road, Brading, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO36 0QA, 01983 811404.
FRESHWATER Hill Farm, Hill Lane, Freshwater, Isle of Wight PO40 9TQ, 01983 752502.
GODSHILL Allendale Equestrian Centre, Newport Road, Godshill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3LY, 01983 840258.
GODSHILL Desert Springs Livery Yard, Cleveland Farm, Sheepwash Lane, Godshill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3JS, 01983 840228.
NEWPORT Great Pan Farm Stables, Pan Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 2PH, 01983 521870.
NEWPORT Hillisgate Riding Stables, Hillisgate Road, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 5UB, 07855 519312.
NEWPORT Mountalifan Stables, Long Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 2NW, 01983 529833.
NEWPORT Romany Riding Stables, Whitehouse Road, Porchfield, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 4LH, 01983 525467.
PORCHFIELD Romany Riding Stables, Whitehouse Road, Porchfield, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 4LH, 01983 525467.
ROOKLEY Lake Farm Equitation Centre, Lake Farm, Rookley, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3NZ, 01983 840251.
ROOKLEY Whight Equestrian, The Lodge Farm, Main Road, Rookley, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3NQ, 01983 721460.
RYDE Trotters Riding School, Ashey Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 2XF, 01983 568701.
SANDOWN Delysia Stud Stables, Carpenters Road, Brading, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO36 0QA, 01983 811404.
VENTNOR Allendale Equestrian Centre, Newport Road, Godshill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3LY, 01983 840258.
VENTNOR Desert Springs Livery Yard, Cleveland Farm, Sheepwash Lane, Godshill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3JS, 01983 840228.
VENTNOR Lake Farm Equitation Centre, Lake Farm, Rookley, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3NZ, 01983 840251.
VENTNOR Whight Equestrian, The Lodge Farm, Main Road, Rookley, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 3NQ, 01983 721460.
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