This marks the final article of 2023, and what a bustling year it has been for us at OSCAR Pet Foods Carlisle. Thank you so much for your valued support during 2023.
Getting out and about with your beloved dog results in fantastic benefits for you both! The increased activity, reduced stress and happier and healthier mindset that results from exercise applies not only to you, but also to your four-legged buddy!
This editions subject is treating your dogs stings, and we hope you find it useful. If you have a dog like ours, they are constantly pushing their noses into places they shouldn’t be. So it is only a matter of time!
After a long, wet and windy winter, spring is finally here! With lighter days and warmer weather, our pets become more active. However, this can bring some health worries.
It’s estimated that 65% of the dog population is overweight and that 88% of dog owners don’t know how much they should be feeding their pet! It is easy to see how our pets can put on a few pounds in a short space of time.
Trees are one of the most beautiful parts of nature. They provide shade, food for animals, and a natural habitat for birds and other wildlife.
January is by any measure a tricky month to garden.
It’s that time of year again when we think about our waistlines and the extra calories we consumed over the festive period.
As we head out of one of the hottest summers on record into the cooler Autumn and Winter months, ensuring our trees and shrubs are primed to cope with the transition, will give your garden a better chance to thrive next Spring.
As you read this it may well be raining, and you may wonder what all the fuss is about viz hosepipe bans and conserving water.
After 6 weeks of having the family home for the summer holidays, pets can easily forget what it’s like to be away from people for long periods of time.
Tree preservation orders – unless you’ve come across one of these in your work or as a homeowner, it’s unlikely you know what they are.
Now that the season of spring and summer is upon us, most of us can’t wait to get out in the sunshine, start up the BBQ, have some evening cocktails in the garden., top up on that Vitamin D!
If you’re looking to buy a new tree, including hedging plants and larger shrubs, you will probably find you have three options:
Bees are critical to life on this planet. Did you know they are responsible for over 100 different types of food that we eat
We all love our trees but it is important to remember that underground, any tree’s root system can spread rapidly.
Whenever I have been asked where my interest in gardens came from, I recall a holiday from my childhood. Whilst many gardeners I have met can trace their careers back to their father or mother being keen gardeners I cannot.
It has been quite noticeable how many dogs and cats are being stung, so we thought we would share some tips put together by our very own inhouse veterinary nurses.
As we enter Spring, it’s important to remember our furry friends and ensure we keep them safe from possible poisons.
Just when is spring? Spring starts and ends at different times depending on where you live.
My last blog, ‘The Garden in Literature (Part 1)’ focused on great gardening books.
Such is the plethora of books on gardening and the environment there is surely something for everybody.
Did you know, not only have we a fantastic range of dog, cat and small mammal foods we also have a large range of bird food and feeders to help encourage wild birds into your garden.
During the second lockdown, with my four young children, I soon realised our ‘daily exercise’ was the only thing that would help keep me sane.
I have to admit that spring is my favourite season. This year it represents more than ever hope: the end of a particularly difficult winter for all of us and the advent of longer days and warmer weather.
It might seem strange to mention Brexit and biosecurity in the same breath; and you might wonder what either of them have got to do with gardening.
What will our gardens look like in ten years, or twenty even?
The year was 1637 and in February of that year an auction was held in Holland. 99 lots of tulip bulbs were bid on, and wait for it, they sold for a staggering 90,000 Guilders!
I read the other day that one of the largest studies ever conducted on gardening which was funded by Innovate UK and the National Institute for Health Research had concluded that ‘people who spent time in the garden report better physical and mental health levels than those who do not’
Whilst I have been a gardener most of my life, both as a professional and an amateur, there are many people who perhaps through force of recent circumstances have discovered their gardens only now during the lockdown.
The Hiking Household is designed to be a go-to guide for families of all abilities who are keen to get outside with their brood!
Wetheral cells are three ancient vaulted rooms carved out of the solid sandstone outcrop on the west bank of the Eden, south of the Wetheral Priory site.
Orams grocery shop 81 -83 Lowther Street was founded by William Boustead Oram who died in 1919 at his house, Eden Bank, at Wetheral.
There’s never been a shortage of Elvis Presley records, neither while the King Of Rock ‘n’ Roll was alive, nor after his passing.
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