No, not Grateful Dead’s pigpen (Ron McKernan). Charlie Brown’s pigpen.
Turns out that playing in the dirt is healthy.
I love playing in the dirt (landscaping, weeding, planting, etc.). It’s peaceful, it’s quiet, it’s relaxing, and no one bugs me (pun intended).
Most friends tease me for not using Round Up to kill weeds. Not me. I like strangling them by hand with my accomplices; hand pick ax, trowel, and pruner.
And, as it turns out, it’s healthy for you! More than just moving around and getting up and down.
Living the good life!
From the gift link:
"Scientists have long known that a little dirt can be good for you. Research has suggested that people who grow up on farms, for instance, have lower rates of Crohn’s disease, asthma and allergies, likely because of their exposure to a diverse array of microbes.
In the 1970s, scientists even found a soil-dwelling bacterium, called Mycobacterium vaccae*,* that has an anti-inflammatory effect on our brains, possibly both lowering stress and improving our immune response to it."
