Hosepipes typically use 225 litres in 15 minutes – that's 900 litres in an hour.
However, diesel consumption rose from 2.06 billion litres in March 2012 to just under 2.11 billion litres in March 2013.
The petrol consumption figure for last month compared with 1.43 billion litres in February 2013 and with just under 1.48 billion litres in March last year.
There are two huge ex-juice containers in the garden, each 1,000 litres in volume.
Mintel's 2014 report on the market for dairy drinks, milk and cream, showed the non-dairy market jumping from 36m litres in 2011 to 92m litres in 2013, an increase of 155%.
In its Global Status Report 2014, the World Health Organisation reported that per capita alcohol consumption in China increased from 6.7 litres in 2010 to 8.8 litres in 2012, a 31% rise in two years.
In second-placed Ireland, sales per head were 136 litres in 1997, only 1.6% more than five years earlier.
Last year Germany only used 124 litres of water per head per day – down from 144 litres in 1991.
At Ocado you can buy a six-pack of 1.5 litre bottles - so nine litres in total - for £3.66.
Alcohol consumption per person had also fallen to 9.7 litres in 2013-14 from 10.8l in 2008-9.
Its cars use 6.9 litres to travel 100km (34 miles to the gallon) compared with 9.8 litres in America.
