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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. At the same time, arrange collection method and agree on price if a price is charged. Note that many centres 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, and which is highly worth seeking out -- is comparatively dry). After collecting and unloading, spray the car's interior with a sweetening aerosol spray. Horse manure is strongly ammonia-charged.
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 sections MANURE/1 and MANURE/2 of
'R J Harris's Moon Gardening': Vegetables and Soft Fruit'
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Gardeners practising on the Kent/Sussex border or the Kent/London border or the Kent/Surrey border are recommended to consult also the Sussex list or the London list or the Surrey list or the Essex list for nearby non-Kent locations (using the computer's back button to return to this point).
ACRISE Hoad Farm, Acrise, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8LP, 01303 844377.
ADDINGTON The Glade, Aldon Lane, Addington, West Malling, Kent ME19 5PJ, 01634 309572.
ALKHAM Minnismoor Stables, Mount Ararat, Abbey Road, Alkham, Hythe, Kent CT21 6DJ, 01304 822688.
ASHFORD Abbey Wood Stud Farm, Love Lane, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9HJ, 01622 891380.
ASHFORD Bankside Stables, Bankside, Stowting, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AX, 01303 813846.
ASHFORD Rooting Street Farm Riding Centre, Rooting Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent TN27 0PX, 01233 840434.
ASHFORD Sunnyside Farm, Lenham Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9LE, contact@martinselby.com, 01622 890730. Sunnyside Farm comments: we have a plentiful supply of well rotted horse manure in mid Kent and would love it to be collected and put to good gardening use (for free).
ASHFORD Uplands, Warren Street Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0HJ, 01233 712289.
BADLESMERE LEES Deepdene Stables, Ashford Road, Badlesmere Lees, Faversham, Kent ME13 0NZ, 01233 740228.
BARHAM Breach Farm Stables, Elham Valley Road, Barham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6LN, 01227 831138.
BEDGEBURY PARK Bedgebury Park Riding Centre, Bedgebury Park, Near Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2SH, 01580 211602.
BEKESBOURNE Bekesbourne Stables, West Bungalow, Aerodrome Road, Bekesbourne, Canterbury, Kent CT4 5EX, 01227 830910.
BENENDEN Hempstead Equestrian Centre, Chittenden Farm, Golford Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 4AJ, 01580 240086.
BEXLEY Mount Mascal Stables, Vicarage Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 2AW, 020 8300 3947.
BEXLEY Old Bexley Equestrian Centre, Stable Lane,Vicarage Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 2AW, 01322 553508.
BEXLEY Shannon-Leigh Stables, Vicarage Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 2AW, 020 8300 7092.
BEXLEY Slades Livery Stable, Vicarage Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 2AW, 01322 525219.
BIGGIN HILL Chavic Park Stables, Chavic Park Farm, Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent TN16 3AU, 01959 572090.
BIRCHINGTON Nelson Park Riding Centre, Woodchurch, Birchington, Kent CT7 0HJ, 01843 822251.
BIRCHINGTON Plum Pudding Equestrian Centre & Livery, Plum Pudding Island, Minnis Bay, Birchington, Kent CT7 9QS, 01843 847142.
BIRCHINGTON Queensdown Equestrian Centre, Castle Mayne Avenue, Woodchurch, Birchington, Kent CT7 0HQ, 01843 825352.
BISHOPSBOURNE Bourne Park Stud, Bourne Park, Bishopsbourne, Canterbury, Kent CT4 5BJ, 01227 831927.
BITCHET GREEN Bitchet Farm Riding School, Bitchet Farm, Bitchet Green, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0NA, 01732 762196.
BOROUGH GREEN Kingshill Riding School, Crouch Lane, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8QL, 01732 882909.
BOUGHTON UNDER BLEAN Brenley Farm Livery, Brenley Farm, Brenley Lane, Boughton Under Blean, Faversham, Kent ME13 9LY, 01227 750552.
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