Dirt is an anti-depressant?

Yep. This article explains that scientists from Bristol University recently found that despite our obsession with anti-bacterial soap, some bacteria is good for us, and it even makes us happy. The bacteria found in dirt is found to act as an anti-depressant. Many people probably already knew that working in the soil makes them happy, but now it's been shown that this is true. Daniel and Jonathan certainly didn't need this study to tell them that dirt makes them happy. But the study helped keep their Papa from preventing the mud-fest this last Saturday.