Day 19: Garden Gnome

Back a while ago (probably a good eight years ago!) I tried my hand at planting some flowers in a little garden outside my house. Not having a green thumb, it didn't go very well and I didn't try it again. What can I say? My talents lie in other areas! At the time, though, my mother bought me this little garden gnome and he's been there ever since, though the garden is long gone. How long before the ground swallows him up?