Gardening by number

12 June 2007

Potato haulms above ground before I earthed them up: 12
Potato haulms above ground after I earthed them up: 11
Tallest potato plant in inches: 27
Daily mentions of my veg patch: 28,000
Daily cursings about the failure of a sixth pumpkin vine to grow: 16,000
Number of seeds planted in an effort to grow a sixth vine: 4
Sprouting garlic cloves poked into the ground to see what happens: 4
Garlic bulbs I expect to harvest: 0
Sunflowers eaten by pests: 1
Tallest sunflower in inches: 33
Minimum height in inches I would like the sunflowers to reach: 47
Sunflowers I have transplanted around the garden and forgotten about: 14
Sweetcorn plants falling over for unknown reason: 1
Years I thought my bottle of plant food would last: 5
Minutes my bottle of plant food lasted: 5
Sweetcorn seeds I thought would germinate: 3
Sweetcorn seeds germinated: 31
Sweetcorn plants donated to Sam and John: 9
Amount for which I will sue if their harvest is better than mine: £5000