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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 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 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 Somersetshire/Devonshire border or the Somersetshire/Dorsetshire border or the Somersetshire/Wiltshire border are advised to consult also the Devonshire list or the Dorsetshire list or the Wiltshire list for nearby non-Somersetshire locations (using the computer's back button to return to this point).
Horse managers wishing to be included in this or any of the other published lists should contact reallyusefulbooks@boltblue.com to make an arrangement. Inclusion is free.
AXBRIDGE The Mendip Stud, Bow Farm, Badgworth, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2QA, 01934 751258.
AXBRIDGE Warleigh & Garthstone, Ashlynn Farm, Sparrow Hill, Weare, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2LS, 01934 733983
BADGWORTH The Mendip Stud, Bow Farm, Badgworth, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2QA, 01934 751258.
BRADFORD MILLS Millhouse Equestrian Centre, Bradford Mills, Bradford On Tone, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1EP, 01823 461322.
BRADFORD ON TONE Millhouse Equestrian Centre, Bradford Mills, Bradford On Tone, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1EP, 01823 461322.
BRIDGWATER Equestrian Activities UK Limited, Stretcholt Farm Stables, Stretcholt, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4SR, 01278 683312.
BRIDGWATER Manor Farm, Waterpits, Merridge, Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1AT, 01823 451266.
BRIDGWATER Scotts Livery & Riding Stables, St Mary Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1LJ, 01278 732422.
BRUTON Equi-Sense Event and Dressage Training, Brewham Lodge, North Brewham, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0JS, office@equi-sense.co.uk, 01749 850181, fax 01749 850191, www.equi-sense.co.uk. Equi-sense comments: Gardeners should note that the majority of the horse-manure from our stables is mixed with the residue from shavings beds, or from our waxed schooling surfaces.
BRUTON Vilmoray Lodge Stud, South Brewham, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0JZ, 01749 850212.
BUCKLAND ST MARY The Old Manor, Buckland St Mary, Chard, Somerset TA20 3JD, 01460 234459.
BURCOTT Burcott Riding Centre, Burcott Lane, Burcott, Wells, Somerset BA5 1NG, 01749 673145.
BUTLEIGH WOOTTON The Divoky Riding Club, Home Farm, Butleigh Wootton, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8TX, pat@divokyclub.fsnet.co.uk, 01458 442913. The Club comments: We are delighted to supply gardeners with either ready-bagged droppings or straw/droppings mixtures. As a beef farm, we may also be open to supplying cow manure/straw mixtures.
CASTLE CARY Riverside Stables, Hornblotten Road, Lovington, Castle Cary, Somerset BA7 7PS, 01963 240616.
CHARD Midnell Farm Liveries, Winsham, Chard, Somerset TA20 4EQ, 01460 30029.
CHARD The Old Manor, Buckland St Mary, Chard, Somerset TA20 3JD, 01460 234459.
CHARLTON MUSGROVE Taylor Contracting, Hillside Farm, Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 8EZ, 01963 33333.
CHEDDAR Petruth Paddocks, The Corner House, Station Road, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AE, enquiries@petruthpaddocks.co.uk, 01934 745458, www.petruthpaddocks.co.uk. Petruth Paddocks comments: Our manure business is run by our 11-year-old son -- Stephen. He has small bags at £1.50 and big bags at £2.50. The bags are supplied and are ready-filled for collection. The small bag one person could lift into a car; the big bag needs two persons, probably, to lift it in. Four small bags cost £5.00, five large bags cost £10.00. Local delivery is free for orders over £10.00. This is fully-composted horse manure plus worms, which is important, because the worms reduce it in volume by about one-third. They also turn it into especially top quality stuff, and make it better than the average as a soil conditioner.
CHURCHSTANTON Grants Farm, Churchstanton, Taunton, Somerset TA3 7QH, 01823 601227.
COXLEY WICK Thysilldo, Coxley Wick, Wells, Somerset BA5 1QX, 01749 673020.
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