In article , BAC
writes


My father was lucky in that respect, he lived next door to one stables and
opposite another, and used to get free deliveries of the stuff tipped over
his fence by dumper truck. The surplus was then bagged up and transported to
my house for incorporation into the heavy clay soil of my vegetable garden.
It worked a treat, best garden I ever had, by a long way.

I am lucky in the fact that the village in which we live has lots of
horse owners and small riding stables. Disposing of surplus manure is a
problem to them because there has become a shortage of available
convenient places for it. Thus it is fairly easy to have it delivered -
free. We finally reached the point last spring when we had to ask two
horse owners to stop deliveries, much to their consternation. We had
built up a huge compost box full and I had mulched and spread everywhere
as much as I wished. Plus their vehicles, both hefty cars with trailers
were churning up the entrance to our field due to the very wet winter
and spring weather. It will probably be this time next year before I
will want any further deliveries, but I don't anticipate any shortage.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.