looking for a horse manure supplier that can deliver to Birmingham

[biancatagine's-veg]

Hello ,anyone knows of a supplier that could deliver horse manure to Birmingham ,I don't drive so no chance to pick this up.I did my research on the web but couldn't find out much.Just hoping to maybe find some ideas from you guys with more knowledge.
thank you in ad vans ,Bianca

[Feral007]

Bit far for us sorry bianca! Good luck, are there any stables or riding establishments around you at all? That would be the place to find it. Racing stables? They produce tons, altho I prefer animals that have been let 'up fed' than race horses.

[lottie dolly]

anywhere you see horses in a field,ask around,they have to dispose of it somehow,either give,sell,or pay to have rid of it,some put it in bags and leave outside the gates for your convinence,
if you was to put your location in,then you get more advice,as birmingham is a very big area,

[chris]

Have you checked on freecycle/freegle? Stables might deliver it to you for the cost of their fuel if you get in touch with them (despite it being against the whole ethos of freegle/freecycle).

If you can't get "proper" manure, then the likes of some large DIY stores sell bags of it, and I know they deliver..

[zazen999]

Birmingham is a big place - perhaps if we knew the area it might help....

[alldigging]

Ask on freecycle.
Find your local allotments and ask where they get theirs.
Ask the council's allotment man if he knows anyone.
Look for riding stables

[dominic10]

You need to source carefully to avoid contamination by aminipyralid - see more here Weedkiller in manure / Royal Horticultural Society If your local allotments are like ours they deliver to the site so well worth asking their sources

[Two_Sheds]

Just hoping to maybe find some ideas from you guys with more knowledge

You don't need horse manure at all, actually. It's just one of those "laws" that's been handed down through the generations, from when there was a surplus of muck to dispose of (pre-cars).

I've never used it, and I've been almost self-sufficient in veg for 7 years now, and allotmenting for longer than that.

I use garden compost, green manures (chopped straight onto the soil & left as a mulch) and pet waste. The parrots & guinea pigs are vegetarian, so their bedding goes on the veg compost heaps. My dog isn't vegetarian, so her poo is composted at home and used on the flower borders

[biancatagine's-veg]

Thank -you very much guys , I have not managed to check my replays this week ,was a mad week at work and didn't get much sleep ...thank God for the rain...
I am growing as much as I can in my back garden and I forked in lots of compost ,of my own and dug in kitchen waste in trenches ...so for now my soil is ok-ish...everything is in my back garden and recently extended in my front also...I am converting my friends to growing and it helped me to deal with lots of problems ,found it very therapeutic.
I gave away some tomato seedlings ,to a new bus -stop (every morning on the way to work lady friend and her soil is very bad I was mainly asking for her , she has never grown any veg ,so no compost available ,unless she buys it and she can't afford it....
anyway the area is small-heath in birmingham ,close by hob more road .
I will surely look into freecycle.
have a fantastic week-end.

[Two_Sheds]

her soil is very bad

I'm wondering why you think it's bad? What's the evidence, as it were? Do weeds grow on it? If weeds grow, then tomatoes can grow

[biancatagine's-veg]

well ,your point is very good.I know the garden is covered in turf ,but knew the soil is poor, lots of construction ruble , sandy and lots of big stones...there are weeds on it,though.
I just know from my experience that some help makes a great difference to the crop...but surely new gardeners sort of give things like that to much importance and tend to follow the book to the letter.

[Two_Sheds]

the garden is covered in turf ... lots of construction ruble , sandy and lots of big stones

Turf is fine: turn it over, upside down. The rotting grass will feed the soil.

Big stones: take them out. Small stones: don't bother.

Sandy ~ not a disaster, it just needs humus added to it. Horse manure is just one example. By all means use it, but if you don't have access to it, that's not the end of the world.
Does your friend have room to start a compost heap?

[biancatagine's-veg]

yes ,she is going to put it at the back of her garden ,my hubby made one from dismantled wood pellets.
For me the manure was ,sort of a quick , cheap and a good quality option to enrich the soil. Found a lady ,neighbor that keeps chickens ,so will have some manure from her...got lots of coffee grounds from a local costa, will put in egg shells to add calcium and hopefully that will do the job.
thanks a lot 2 sheds...all the best

[adamhartree]

I have a allotment at the top of hobmoor rd and we have our manure delivered to us, I have 2 numbers for you to try if you like. They deliver big loads us but if you give them a ring they may be able to do a smaller load for your back garden. The numbers to try are 07976621788 & 07790794125. There is also a lady that will deliver by the bag load to you, her number is 07967471290. She charges �28 for 30 bags although she does smaller amounts if you wish. Hope this helps