We have a local farmer/stables that leaves the straw/horse manure out for
at least a year to mature so it's instantly useable, and he delivers it at
£12 per trailer load. Wonderful stuff, we get two loads a year which I dig
into one quarter of our plot...we use a 4 year rotation (so it goes on the
potato bed every year). Funny enough I was talking to the Shepherd that
help deliver it today in Sainsbury's about ordering two loads but he said
with all this rain and the F & M they can't get to it yet.
Ask around your site and see if there is anyone like that in your area but
do make sure it's well rotted so little straw shows.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

Thanks Bob, on our allotment a local stables bring there horse waste
and dump it in a heap for us all to help ourselves.
The problem is, it is not straw, it is woodshavings and is quite fresh, not
rotted at all.
A lot of my neighbours grab it and dig it in to there plots but I'm not too
sure that it doing any good.

Wally