So...my new gardening hobby will make me dirtier and healthier, too? Great! Wonder if squirrel works as well as porcupine? We have a lot of squirrels.

Seriously, lack of microbiome diversity because of western processed food diets, as well as over-attention to "hygiene" through hand sanitizers, anti-bacterial household cleaners, and many other squeamish habits of first-world cultures may well have contributed to the rise in allergies, auto-immune diseases, and even obesity.

Finally, my casual housekeeping could be considered a good thing.