works for me :)

[trishs]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/29/alys-fowler-gardening-makes-you-happy?CMP=twt_gu

[Eric Hardy]

Great, Trish. Glad to find another Guardian reader 

Eric H

[Palustris]

Don't work for me. It just leads to an empty purse, sore back, filthy hands, frustration and disappointment.

[ideasguy]

Yes, I can relate to that Good find Trish.

I hate to admit it but there is some pleasure in weeding. Rather fortunate, as it amounts to easily 90% of my gardening time.
Even my son made a surprise statement when he spent a while in the garden here, describing the experience as therapeutic

If anyone wants to feel the happiness, I can supply an abundance of the "materials"
As for Mycobacterium vaccae, that seems to work for my slugs and snails

[Eric Hardy]

I have just spent some time crouching over our gourgette plants removing a plentiful supply of weeds. My 86 year old back is feeling it and I am beginning to think I agree with the other Eric on this score  . There was a time though when I felt differently.     

Incidentally, those wretched muntjac deer have been removing the leaves  so I have just put some netting over them (I know, stable doors and bolting horses and all that) 

Eric H