Gardening

Why are so many people drawn to gardening?

I was drawn to a charming sound of music. Her blue eyes really drew me to her

Sophie and Neil discover that soil has some surprising qualities and discuss how growing fruit and veg can be therapeutic too.

in all weathers (describes something you do) in all types of weather

communing with nature feeling close to nature and being a part of it

creepy-crawly small insect

ingest = absorb

An act of swallowing. There is a ​therapy ​option that does not ​require the ingestion of ​drugs.

the ​act of putting a ​liquid, ​especially a ​drug, into a person's ​body using a ​needle and a ​syringe (= ​small ​tube)

The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

placebo a substance with no physical effects that is used when testing a drug

podawany jednak jako lek w celach psychoterapeutycznych lub przy badaniach kontrolnych nad działaniami różnych leków

He believes I just gave him a sedative, but it was only a placebo.

She was only given a placebo, but she ​claimed she got ​better - that's the placebo ​effect.

therapeutic used to try and cure an illness

expelled forced to leave

General National Vocational Qualification (UK qualification)

I did a spot of gardening.

a ​small ​amount. I ​felt a few spots of ​rain. Let's ​stop for a spot of ​lunch. I'm having a spot of ​bother (= some ​trouble) with one of my back ​teeth.

He ​wore a ​grey ​tie with ​pink spots. Ah, well spotted!

Well, I tried to grow some tomatoes once. And to be honest it made me rather anxious.

All the leaves curled up... and then dropped off.

She curled up in bed

Being in the fresh air, in all weathers, communing with nature

when I tried communing with nature my hands got all scratched – I got stung by nasty creepy-crawlies – and I got soil up my nose.

I got stung by nasty creepy-crawlies – and I got soil up my nose.

Multiple stings may be fatal to humans

Jim scratched the CD and now it doesn't work. She didn't take her shoes off and scratched our wooden floor.

Try wearing protective clothing next time – and maybe a nose plug too!

Dr Christopher Lowry conducted an experiment to test whether soil gives us a natural high – meaning to make us happy without taking drugs.

He injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what affect this would have on them.

Rodents like mice and rats are very good swimmers and it was found many years ago that if you treat animals with antidepressant drugs and then put the animals in just a beaker of water it would cause the animals to swim for longer periods of time.

Rodents like mice and rats are very good swimmers and it was found many years ago that if you treat animals with antidepressant drugs and then put the animals in just a beaker of water it would cause the animals to swim for longer periods of time.

Bats are sometimes called "flying mice", but they are not rodents.

any of ​various ​small ​mammals with ​large, ​sharp ​front ​teeth, such as ​mice and ​rats

This cave is inhabited by bats.

W tej jaskini żyją nietoperze.

a ​glass or ​plastic ​container used in ​chemistry

These mice that had been injected with bacterium swam during a 6-minute test for a longer period of time than animals that just got a placebo.

When we dig in soil we ingest – or absorb – the bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin.

So here one group of mice were injected with the bacterium and another group were injected with the placebo.

So Scot Stephenson was expelled from school – he was forced to leave – with no qualifications.

The student was expelled from school.

But with the help of a support group he now has an NVQ – that's a National Vocational Qualification here in Britain – in gardening.

providing ​skills and ​education that ​prepare you for a ​job