Hygiene warning to gardeners after study finds Legionella bacteria in compost

To be honest with you, if you were really aware of the bacteria, insects, plants etc that could do you harm just by stepping out into the garden you'd probably start wearing a CDC Suit Think of how many times you come back inside the house after a session in the garden with a cut, scrape, of a bit of a spine or thorn stuck in a finger. We have our hands and fingers in homemade compost, retail compost, the soil etc all the time when working out there and think nothing of it. I always, when finished, wash my hands and treat any wounds with good old TCP..........and I thank my Mum for letting me, as a Kid, grub around in the muck and get dirty so that my immune system got better and better!!

 

I think my Mum would be proud of me as my habit of grubbing around in the muck hasn't changed since I was a Kid