What kind of pump do I need for my giant rain barrel? I have a giant rain barrel that holds 1,000 litres when filled It was one of those industrial white cube barrels that are used for food It was decommissioned and sold as a rain barrel Anyhow, it
Can you recommend any short, large-seeded sunflowers? If you know of any sunflowers just like the giant ones (e g Mammoth Gray Striped, Mongolian Giant, and Black Russian), except with shorter, stockier stems (I'm thinking maybe one to three feet tall), that would be great If they have smaller heads with the same large size of seeds, that's fine, too, but I prefer larger heads if possible
plant health - why has my elephant ear suddenly turned yellow . . . There is one glaringly obvious problem: the pot it's growing in looks way too small, especially as it's sharing space with a fuchsia and a croton Elephant's ear is a large plant and will cope with being put straight into a 36inch pot on its own when you bring it home from the nursery (unlike most other plants) It's hard to be sure, but it looks like the container that houses the other one is
compost - My composter has developed a sour smell and a lot of bugs . . . 16 I set up a 7 cu ft rolling composter in my garden about 3 weeks ago and filled it about halfway with 1 3 food scraps and 2 3 cardboard leaves finished compost My kids added more food scraps, so it's probably 50-50 now I've kept it wet and turned it, but upon opening it yesterday, it had a sour stench and a lot of bugs squirming in it