Soil is an antidepressant...specifically Mycobacterium vaccae

I've read numerous articles about Mycobacterium vaccae and serotonin.  Several are very scientific and technical.  This Permaculture article gives more information about Mycobacterium Vaccae and serotonin.  It is a much more interesting, relaxing read.

Personally, my favorite toy as a child was dirt...lol.  When I worked solely in an office I wasn't very happy.  Now, I work in the dirt outside and am much happier.  Many gardener friends have said their garden is their "Happy Place".

Why Gardening Makes You Happy

I have never read into this, how fascinating!

If you like your media ingestion from a video formatt, I enjoyed this following video.



Soil contains so many different things in different quantities depending where you dig.. Some are good, some are inert, some are harmful.