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Shazia's week (The New Statesman)
Some people go to Glastonbury to change the world. I went to change my socks. Not once or twice, but six times. It was a very dry weekend: there was no rain, no swamp, and a notable absence of topless mud wrestling. I was disappointed: Glastonbury is just not the same without muddy ditches.

Garden Is a Seedbed for Green Cosmetics (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The maker of the cosmetics brand Dr. Hauschka is one of dozens of German companies benefiting from a growing global appetite for environmentally friendly products.

Green Thumb: Crossbreeding enhances echinaceas (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Echinacea is a native plant gone wild, thanks to hybridizers in America and Europe who are crossbreeding the prairie plant to produce new colors, flower forms and heights.

Perennials real pleasers among gardeners (Great Falls Tribune)
Annuals are great for instant gratification. Their hot-shot flowers add that splash of color in the bare spots where you need it most. But perennials are in it for the long run. They're the ones you want as the bones of the garden, providing a colorful, changing palette throughout the season without having to fuss with them every spring.

81-year-old athlete keeps body, mind fit (Akron Beacon Journal)
V.E. ''Ed'' Bixenstine may have a leg up on the ''poetry in motion'' moniker than most. And with good reason. It's not just that Bixenstine — a retired Kent State University professor of psychology — is the author of professional works and novels, including a couple with cowboy themes and a soon-to-be published book of poetry.