Hello, sorry I haven't been about lately but 
things have been a bit hectic here at Ruddick
Garden Gifts.  So today we are concentrating on our feathered friends for our "Product of the Week" well "Products" actually.  If you have any of these little fellas in your gardens or birdies just like them then now is the time to start thinking about feeding them again.  The weather is getting colder and they will need to keep up their strength for the winter and here at Ruddick Garden Gifts we have 

 some fantastic bird feeders to do just that.  You will find them all on our Best For Birds page.  First up is our Apple Bird Feeder which comes in a choice of shapes - apple, circle or bird.  It is made of wood and really simple to use.  All you do is pull out the metal bar and attach an apple.  That's it!! It comes with a hook on top so it can be either hung in your garden or just left to stand.  Whichever way you choose the birds will love it.http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/apple_feeder.html

 Each one measures 38.5x38.5x21 cm and they are priced at £4.99 each.  So no more throwing away those bad apples give them to your feathered friends, they will love them.  Next one up is our Mesh Feeder which is made of pine wood and has a zinc roof which you just lift off to fill with peanuts.  Priced at £6.99 it measures 20x10x19cm.http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/mesh_feeder.html

 
And finally we have my favourite, the Bread Feeder at only £3.99 it is great value and totally effective.  No more bread all over the garden, simply pop a piece of bread in between the mesh and let the birds peck away at it.http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/bread_feeder.html

So there you have it, some great ideas for feeding the birds.  Simply go to our Best For Birds page and place your order today and your items will be with you in a couple of days.

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End of the week already, hope you've had a good one.  Well now is the perfect time to be thinking about the birds in the garden getting ready for winter.  So why not get the kids involved by getting them to paint their very own DIY Paint Nest Box.  http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/diy_paint_nest_box.html  It makes a great gift idea and will keep them busy for a few hours.  See what creative designs they can come up with.  The kit comes complete with paints in red, yellow and blue and the bird box measures 15x12x20cm.  You will find this on our Best for Birds page and it is priced at just £9.99.

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Hello everyone and welcome to Wednesday. I hope your week is going splendidly so far.  Now I guess you all realise I love dogs and this picture just totally tickled me.  Hope it makes you titter!!

So what have I to offer you today?  Well as we are now into October I'm sure you will agree there is quite a bit of tidying up in our gardens to do just now. So once again let me share with you the benefits of our brilliant Gardening Gloves which are perfect for all kinds of messy jobs in the garden.http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/gloves/navy.html
So these are my Soft n Care Landscape Gloves
and they are for durable work. They come in three colours navy, burgundy and forest green and two sizes, small and medium.  They are very reasonably priced at just £4.75 and believe me once you try these gloves you will never want to use any others.  The 13 gauge nylon lining fits to your hands perfectly, offering maximum comfort and eliminating hand fatigue.  They are coated with Nitrile which is good for anyone who has a natural rubber allergy and the open back design gives comfort and breathability.  They are machine washable making it possible for you to clean your gloves again and again.  Take a look at these and our other gloves in the Soft n Care range on our Gloves page. Brilliant for picking up leaves, pruning, planting bulbs, you name it these gloves are fabulous.  I even sold some to a lady who uses them to clean out her rabbits!!  So go on treat yourself today.

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 Well, it is Sunday again and what a week we have had here at Ruddick Garden Gifts. Alfie went off for his first time at day care on Friday, here he is all ready to go.  He had a wonderful time and made lots of new doggy friends.  This is him when he came back - absolutely worn out!!!

 I hope you have all had a good week.  Today I am featuring a previous "Product of the Week" just because I love it and it is getting to that time of year when we have to start putting more food out for the birds.  So, here it is our Pine Cone Bird Feeder. 
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/pine_cone_feeder.html
 Not only does it look great but the birds love it.  It comes complete with hanging chain and
measures 19x19x23cm.
All you have to do is add seeds or nuts and watch the birds enjoy!  It is priced at £19.99 and you will find it on our Best for Birds page.

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Hey it's the middle of the week already, can you believe it?  So, do you know anyone with one of these little guys?
If the answer is yes then we have the perfect gift for them.  Take a look at our Inside Gifts page and you will find some fantastic doggy ornaments.  How about Mac http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/mac.html

our cute Westie ornament made from ceramistone so he can go inside or outside the home.  He measures 22cm in height and costs £44.00.  He really is adorable and would make any Westie lover smile.  Alongside him we also have this great Westie Plaque which can either be hung on the wall or left free standing.  It measures 30x20cm and is made from ceramic tile.  It costs £29.99 and can also be found on our Inside Gifts page.
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/westie.html

Now don't worry if Westies aren't your thing as we have loads of other breeds of dogs on there as well as some cats and other animals. So why not go and take a little peek I'm sure you'll love them all. They would make great christmas presents either for yourself or friends and family.

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Afternoon everyone and welcome to Sunday. Hope you are all having a relaxing day, I'm sure you deserve it.  Well, now that we are nearly at the end of September I think we can safely say we are into autumn and if like me you have one of these then I am sure in the last few days you will have had it lit as it has been rather chilly!  So my "Product of the Week" this week is something that will really come in handy if you have a wood burner.  Check out our Long Matches in a Zinc Container on our Fire & Light page.
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/fire/zinc_matches.html

As you can see you get a zinc container which has a strike paper on the side and a box of long matches.  There is a hole at the back so you can either hang your container on the wall next to your fire or just leave it free standing on the hearth.  The container measures 7x7x30cm and is priced at £6.99.   And while ordering that why not also order a spare box of long matches which are priced at £3.25.
These two items would make a great gift for anyone with an open fire or log burner, but you will also find them useful if you love to light candles round your home as the matches are so long you will never again have burnt fingers!!  So head off to our Fire & Light page and place an order today.  

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So here we are again, another week just about over.  I feel like these two, how about you? What have you got planned this weekend, anything nice? Me, I will be working hard - no partying for me that's for sure.  Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I have one of our fabulous Japanese Bird Feeders hanging in my garden, here it is.   

 So the other day I was sitting in the living room looking out of the window and there on my Japanese Bird Feeder was a beautiful Greater Spotted Woodpecker just like this fella here.  He was really enjoying the food on the feeder the only thing was by the time I had got my camera he had flown away.  Hopefully he will visit again and I will get a photo of him on the feeder.  If you would like one of our feeders then just go to our Best For Birds page there are quite a few to choose from.http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/birds.html and there are all different prices.  It really is very easy - just select what you want, go to checkout, pay and your item will be with you within 3-5 working days.  Hassle free shopping with Ruddick Garden Gifts.

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Welcome to Wednesday!!  Already half way through the week.  Hope you have something good planned for the weekend.  So today I'm going to introduce you to one of the cutest little doorstops you will ever see and here he is.....  http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/small_animal_doorstops.html

meet Elephant Doorstop isn't he cute! So he is made from faux leather in brown and beige so he will fit in with any decor in your home.  He is weighted with sand and measures 12.5x11x25cm and is priced at just £11.99.  If you are not an elephant lover then he has friends, namely Rabbit, Tortoise, Fox, Hedgehog and Owl.  So I am sure there will be something to please everyone.  You will find them all on our Inside Gifts page.  They really would make a great addition to your family!!

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Happy Sunday everyone.  This picture kind of sums up what we have in Carlisle today - wind and rain!  Autumn is here, I hear you cry.  Most definitely I would say.  So for today's "Product of the Week" let's think about....... thermometers.  We have a wide range of different thermometers on our What's The Weather page, from ones for the kids to quirky froggy ones.  So today I am showing you one of my favourites.  This is our Round Wall Thermometer http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/weather/round_wall_thermometer.html





As you can see it is quite modern looking with the steel look rim and the blue face.  It measures 22x5.5x22cm and is priced at £29.99.  I think it would look stylish either inside or outside your home.  And now for something a little different we have this Metal FiligreeThermometer http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/weather/metal_filigree_thermometer.html

This has been produced in die cast metal and is suitable for wall mounting either indoors or outdoors, but I think you will agree it is a little different.  It measures 9x41cm and is priced at £19.95.  Both these items come gift boxed and can be found on our What's The Weather page along with a range of other thermometers.  Well I hope you don't get blown away today, my lot were going sailing on Derwent Water but that has been cancelled as it is too wild.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and keeeep shopping!!!!

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Hello and welcome to another wonderful Friday.  Thought you might like to see our amazing Carlisle Castle! Don't know why just thought you might!.  Anyway, hope you are all feeling fine today and have had another good week.  We have had quite a bit of rain up here in Cumbria this week and I'm telling you
our Cast Iron Boot Jack came in very handy.  It has two brushes on either side as you can see which are great for scraping the muddy bits of your wellies and then the jack on the front means no more bending down to get your wellies off!!  Brilliant!!  You will find it on our Wipe Your Feet page and it is priced at £24.99.  http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/feet/boot_jack.html

And again for no reason other than I thought you might like to see him - here's Alfie relaxing in his bed after another walk round Talkin Tarn.  That dog leads such a life I'm telling you.  Until next time folks, enjoy the weekend and keeeeeepppp shopping!

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Good morning everyone and I hope you are having a great weekend so far!  Well we are definitely into September now, what with the wind and rain we have been having up here in Cumbria for the last few days it really is beginning to feel like autumn.  So on that note, today for our "Product of the Week"  I am featuring a couple of products that will help keep your house clean once the bad weather starts....... Doormats!  The two I am showing you today are similar just with different designs on them.  Both can be found on our Wipe Your Feet page and both are priced at £8.99.  First up is the Bird House design doormat, 
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/feet/printed_birdhouses_doormat.html
which is a fibre topped rubber mat measuring 76x45x0.5cm.   It is easy to clean, you simply wipe, sweep or rinse with a hose.  It really is a nice doormat and would look great in any home.  
Next one is our Bird Feeder design mat.
 http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/feet/printed_birdfeeder_doormat.html

Again priced at £8.99 and with all the same specifications as the bird house mat this is ideal for all you bird lovers out there.  Both of these mats would be a welcome addition to any household.  Why have a boring old mat at your back door when you could have one of our stylish printed doormats delivered to you.  So go on take a look at our Wipe Your Feet page and see what you think.  There are other more traditional mats on there so I'm sure there is something for everyone!  

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Hey, we made it!! Friday is here and the weekend is fast approaching.  What will you be up to this Saturday and Sunday.  The weather isn't great here in Carlisle today, it's very wet and they reckon we are going to get flooding and winds tomorrow - AUTUMN is finally here I think!  
Anyway, do you like this little fella?......................
well we have some fab Bee products at www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk.  What about this cutey - he is our Bumblebee Thermometer and you will find him on our What's The Weather page.  He is a fun and bright thermometer and a great way for children to learn about temperature.  Simply attach to your window with the suction pads.
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/weather/bumblebee_thermometer.html  He is priced at £4.99 and measures 22x3.5x19cm.  Buy him today, it's so easy!
                                                                       

    

We also have seeds to attract Bees into your garden. They are on our Seeds page and are part of the Garden's Friends Range.  Bees are very important in the garden for pollination so it is vital to encourage them and with this meadow mix you will certainly do just that.  Inside each box there are at least 27 annual and perennial species including cornflowers, sunflowers and cosmos.  Each box will cover an area of 7m2 and are priced at £9.99.  The ideal way to
encourage bees into your garden.  Take a look today at what we have to offer, you'll be surprised!!

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 Good Morning everyone!!  As you may have noticed on our website - we love ladybirds!  They are great for the garden and they are cute.  So today I am not just going to show you a "Product of the Week" but I have put together some of our ladybird items to make it our "Products of the Week"  So we have a fantastic Ladybird House http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/ladybird_house.html  which you will find on our Best For Birds page.  It has been designed to allow ladybirds to shelter whilst
keeping out other likely inhabitants or predators and so that ladybirds can access it easily.  Ladybirds often hibernate in clusters and it is advisable to put some leaves inside to make them feel at home so the house has a pull down front to give easy access for you to do this.  The house measures 17x10x22cm and is priced at just £9.99.

 Next up are our Seeds which have been put together to encourage ladybirds to come into your garden.  You will find these on our Seeds page http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/seeds/ladybirds.html  They are part of     the Garden's Friends Range.  In each box there are 28 annual and perennial species including borage, cornflowers and chamomile. The contents of the box will cover a 7m2 area and is priced at £9.99 and as you can see from the above picture you really do get a beautiful display.  Finally we have our Ladybird Thermometer.                                                                        

 This is a bright and fun item for young and old alike.  There are four suction pads on the reverse of the ladybird and you just attach these to your outside window and then you can see the temperature outside from the inside! You will find this on our What's The Weather page and it is priced at just £4.99.

http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/weather/ladybird_thermometer.html     
So there you have it, our ladybird products which I think are all great.  Remember ladybirds do a lot of good in the garden as well as being a joy to watch.  Did you know for example that an adult ladybird eats over 100 aphids per day?! which is a really good reason for encouraging them into your garden and making them comfortable when they get there.

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 Happy Friday folks, well we made it to the end of the week and here's hoping the weekend is going to be fine.  I thought today you might like to see some pictures from one of my customers who bought some of my seeds.  They chose the seeds for Birds in the Garden's Friends Range on our Seeds page.  
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/seeds/birds.html

 Each box costs £9.99 and covers a 7m2 area. In this particular box there are 17 annual species including poppies, helianthus and cosmos.  The special meadow mix offers birds a source of food from early in the season right through until winter.  Full instructions are on the box and the only thing you need to make sure of is that you sow them in a sheltered area.  This customer sowed these in June and look at the lovely show they have just 8 weeks later!  So why not give our Seeds a try they really do make gardening simple.        

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 Hello everyone and welcome to the middle of the week.  Thought you might like to see a picture of Alfie in his new bed!  He's not too sure about it but is getting used to it.  He had is boosters at the vets yesterday so was feeling a little sorry for himself.   Anyway, enough of that - I hope you all had a very enjoyable bank holiday weekend and were able to get out

in your gardens.  You have to make the most of the weather now as autumn will be here before you know it.  We had a lovely barbeque on Saturday night and one thing that came in really handy was our Citronella Bowl which worked perfectly keeping away all those annoying insects.  You can find it on our Fire & Light page and it is priced at just £2.99.  Why not order some today so you have them at the ready.  It really is very simple!
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/fire/citronella_bowl.html

Another great product for keeping insects at bay in the garden are our Citronella Garden Torches.  You get 3 in a pack and they cost £7.99 ideal for placing round your garden when you are entertaining.  Not only do they give a nice ambient light but they keep away all those annoying flies!!  The garden torches can also be found on our Fire & Light page so why not go and take a look, there are loads of other brilliant ideas for you and your garden.

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Welcome to the Bank Holiday Weekend and I hope you all have something lovely planned.  Today our "Product of the Week" is another new item I would like to share with you.  It is our Lavender Incense Set http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/lavender_incense_set.html
which can be found on our Inside Gifts page.
The set comprises of a terracotta burner for a candle, a stainless steel sieve, a small box of dried lavender, a packet of seeds for growing your own lavender and a handy book with tips on using your burner. The set comes gift boxed and is priced at just £9.99.  

Lavender is perfect for helping restore peace and calm and relieving stress and tension.  It is also helpful for headaches and insomnia.  The set is so easy to use - simply find a quiet spot, put some of the dried lavender onto the sieve on top of the burner, pop a tea light into the bottom of the burner and light.  After a short time the fragrance will spread throughout your room giving you a wonderful sense of relaxation.  This would make an ideal gift for family or friends or simply treat yourself.  What better way to unwind after a hectic day than relaxing with our Lavender Incense Set.  So go on give it a go, it is sooooo easy - pop on over to our Inside Gifts page, click on what you want and buy.  We aim to deliver in 3 - 4 working days so by next weekend you too could be enjoying the benefits of Lavender.

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 Happy Friday everyone and I hope you are all having an enjoyable day.  Thought you might like to see my new sign writing on my car!  I have to say I love the ladybird even though it is massive!  Hopefully this will mean as I am tootling along from place to place lots of new people will see me and go look at my website.  Here's hoping. Anyway,  enough of that and onto my featured product for today which is a great one for the kids - it is our DIY Paint Nest Box 
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/birds/diy_paint_nest_box.html

As you can see from the picture you get the nest box, paintbrush and three paints in yellow, red and blue.  So if you mix yellow and blue you also get green and if you mix red and yellow you also get orange so that is a potential of 5 colours!
The birdhouse measures 15 x 12 x 20 cm and is priced at £9.99.  You will find it on our Best For Birds page.  The birdhouse is suitable for Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Crested Tits and Willow Tits and once decorated it is best placed in a sheltered spot, not in full sunlight or facing the prevailing weather.  The entrance must have a clear flight path for the birds.  So why not give it a go now.  Get your nest box all spruced up ready for the birds this winter and make this little fella happy with a new home!

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 Middle of the week time folks and welcome to your sneaky peek at one of our NEW PRODUCTS - and here it is our Lavender Bath Salt Set http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/lavender_bath_salts.html

 The kit contains everything you need to make a soothing, stress relieving lavender bath. You will get a glass jar, a 500g bag of bath salts, a 9g box of dried lavender and a wooden spoon as well as a packet of seeds to grow your own lavender and a book with tips on how to enjoy your lavender bath.  The set comes gift boxed and can be found on our Inside Gifts page.  It is priced at just £10.99 and would make an ideal present for family and friends.  Think ahead to Christmas, wouldn't this be a lovely gift?  You could either give it as it is or make it up into the bath salts and give that as a present.  

Lavender is great for all sorts of reasons, it relaxes spasms, stimulates circulation and has antiseptic properties.  It can be used to treat muscular pains, sunburn and rheumatism which is why it makes a fantastic bath time experience.  So go on give it a try either for yourself or a loved one, it really does make an excellent gift.

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Hello again and welcome to our "Product of the Week".  This week I have chosen one of our fabulous Inside Gifts but to be honest they can go outside too!  Meet Sykes - he is one of our doggy ornaments made from ceramistone which means he can go inside or outside your home.  Obviously I would advise not to leave him outside during the really
bad weather but certainly through the summer months he could stay outside.  And then in the winter he would look great sitting by your hearth or anywhere in your home. So, Sykes is an English Bull Terrier ornament which measures 18cm in height and costs £38.00. You will find him on our Inside Gifts page.
http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/sykes.html

Also on this page we have Dale who is a cute little kitten ornament. Again made from ceramistone he can go inside or outside your home.  Personally I would probably want to keep this little fella inside as he is just sooooo cute!   He measures 11cm in height and costs just £35.00. http://www.ruddickgardengifts.co.uk/inside/dale.html
He would make a brilliant gift for all you cat lovers out there.  So why not take a look at our Inside Gifts page and meet some of our great characters such as Roland the Rooster, Mac the Westie, Baa'bara the Sheep and Tyson the Staffie.  I am sure there will be at least one that will capture your heart.

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