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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, 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 Surrey/Kent border or the Surrey/London border or the Surrey/Hampshire border or the Surrey/Sussex border are advised to consult also the Kent list or the London list or the Hampshire list or the Sussex list for nearby non-Surrey locations (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.
ALBURY Linda Cannon, White Lane Farm, White Lane, Albury, Guildford, Surrey GU5 9BQ, 01483 572502.
BADSHOT LEA Kiln Cottage Stables, Kiln Cottage, Badshot Farm Lane, Badshot Lea, Farnham, Surrey GU9 9HY, 01252 333200.
BEDDINGTON The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders, Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4DT, diamondcentre@tiscali.co.uk, 020 8643 7764. The Centre comments: By arrangement, we can let gardeners have as much as they like to take. We don't make a charge, but we are more than glad to accept donations. We are a registered charity providing a unique facility for 385 disabled riders to carriage and horse ride each week. We are supported by 280 volunteers and only have a small regular staff. We get no government or local authority funding and the Centre costs £250,000 per year to run.
BEACON HILL High Pitfold Farm, High Pitfold, Hindhead, Surrey, GU26 6BN, info@highpitfoldfarm.co.uk, www.highpitfoldfarm.co.uk, 01428 606050. High Pitfold Farm comments: Well rotted or fresh pure manure from the field available. Lots to dispose of, and more arriving all the time. Please telephone first. Easy access off A3. Small trailers welcome.
BLACKWATER Cottage Farm, Cobbetts Lane, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9LW, 01252 872224.
BLACKWATER Hawley Equitation Centre, Hawley Park, Hawley Road, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9EF, 01276 31990.
BOOKHAM Fir Tree Farm Equestrian Training Centre, 101 Woodlands Road, Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT23 4HN, 01372 457661.
BOOKHAM Wyvenhoe Riding Centre, Guildford Road, Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT23 4HB, 01372 454339.
BRAMLEY Southlands Equestrian Centre, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey GU5 0DR, 01483 898586.
BRAMLEY Tilsey Farm Stables, Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey. GU5 0LN, evasharples@hotmail.com, 07899 961918, mobile 07899 961918 until 9pm. Tilsey Farm Stables comments: The farmers are unwilling to use our manure and we have plenty to spare! Our position vis a vis other counties is very convenient. We are very central in Surrey, but easily accessible from south London and Sussex.
BROOKWOOD Victoria Farm, Brunswick Road, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24 0AQ, 01483 475470.
BYFLEET Woodruff Equestrian, Sanway Road, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7SF, 07990 597509.
CAMBERLEY Cottage Farm, Cobbetts Lane, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9LW, 01252 872224.
CAMBERLEY Hawley Equitation Centre, Hawley Park, Hawley Road, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9EF, 01276 31990.
CARSHALTON Fairlawn Farm, 20, Fairlawn Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4HT, 020 8642 0844.
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