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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 increcasingly 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 section MANURE, pages 219-224, of 'R J Harris's Moon Gardening'((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.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON Church Farm Horse Livery, Monkton Farleigh, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 2QJ, 01225 858583.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON Ellbridge, Lower South Wraxall, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 2RR, 01225 864664.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON Widbrook Arabian Stud & Equestrian Centre, Old Farm, Widbrook, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1UD, 01225 862608.
BRITFORD Britford Livery Stables, Bridge Farm, Lower Road, Britford, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 4DY, mail@britfordliverystables.co.uk, www.britfordliverystables.co.uk, 01722 328954. The Stables comments: We bed our horses on rubber matting, which means that the need for bedding is reduced, therefore more manure goes onto the muck heap!
BURBAGE Equineai Ltd, 4 Saddlers Way, Burbage, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 3TX, 01672 811749.
CALNE Guernsey Villa, Tog Hill, Calstone, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 8PZ, 01249 816629.
CALNE Hampsley Hollow Riding Centre, Hampsley Hollow, Heddington, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0PP, 01380 850333.
CALNE Heddington Wick Childrens Riding School, The Common, Heddington Wick, Heddington, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0NZ, 01380 850182.
CALSTONE Guernsey Villa, Tog Hill, Calstone, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 8PZ, 01249 816629.
CHIPPENHAM Catridge Farm Stud, Catridge Farm, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2LX, 01249 730355.
CHIPPENHAM D I Y Stabling,
Showell Farm, Showell, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2NU, 01249 652478.
CHIPPENHAM Equestrian Services, Little Smithcot Farm House, Dauntsey, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 4JH, 01666 510217.
CHIPPENHAM Ford Farm Stables, Hinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 8HG, 0117 937 2913.
CHIPPENHAM Genus Equine, Malmesbury Road, Kington Langley, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5PZ, 0870 8727799.
CHIPPENHAM Lacock Riding Centre, 23 Bewley Lane, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2PH, 01249 730400.
CHIPPENHAM Lime Tree Equestrian, Lime Tree Farm, Middle Common, Kington-Langley, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5NW, 01249 750727.
CHIPPENHAM Luckley Farm, Luckington, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 6PW, 01454 238662.
CHIPPENHAM Lucknam Park Equestrian Centre, Lucknam Park Hotel, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 8AZ, 01225 740556.
CHISBURY Manor Farm Stud, Chisbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 3JA, 01672 870554.HEDDINGTON Heddington Wick Childrens Riding School, The Common, Heddington Wick, Heddington, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0NZ, 01380 850182.
CHISELDON South Farm Livery Yard, Ypres Road, Chiseldon, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 0JF, 01793 740032.
CLARENDON Kennel Farm, Southampton Road, Clarendon, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 3DG, 01722 710844.
CODFORD The White Horse Trekking Centre, Codford, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 0JZ, 01985 850395.
COLERNE Lucknam Park Equestrian Centre, Lucknam Park Hotel, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 8AZ, 01225 740556.
CORSHAM Kingsdown Livery Stable, Lower Kingsdown Road, Kingsdown, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8BB, 01225 743406.
CORSLEY Longhorn Western Riding, Longhedge Farm, Longhedge, Corsley, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 7QZ, 01373 832422.
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