Geek Gardener

Hello there. I'm Matt and I'm a computer geek. My fiancée Nancy
is a big gardening fan and she gets a great suntan pottering around in our
garden dealing with plants and flowers and things whilst I waste away typing.
I have therefore decided to redress that balance by trying to grow something
myself this summer. This site tracks my efforts.

Sun 25 July 2004

Taller than me

Filed under: — matts @ 5:30 pm

Rather astonishingly, sunflower four is now at least two inches taller than I am!

Sunflower four is the one nearest me, furthest from the camera. Oddly, sunflower one, nearest to the camera, looks about eight foot tall due to the perspective of the shot. I can assure you it isn’t though, much as I’d like it to be!

My dad made me slightly jealous by pointing out that a workmate of his had sunflowers that are ten feet tall. But that’s a bloke who works in a garden centre and has experience. It’s certainly something to aim for in the future, but I don’t think I’ve done bad for a beginner. And they are still growing!

You can also see here the string that we tied from the tomato stand to the drainpipe - this is to stop them falling over in the wind (number one took a tumble a couple of days ago, thankfully without damage).

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