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Jane Green FRAS – Astronomy

Astronomer Jane Green talked about some of the things to be seen in the Summer night sky, including Venus and Jupiter along with the summer spectacle of  noctilucent clouds.

The spectacle of seeing satellites moving across the night sky also raised the specter of space junk and what can be done to keep space free of so much extinct human technology.

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Jean Griffin – Radio Gardener

Legumes, dry soil and cucumbers along with a little compost were the subjects covered in this month’s radio gardener session.

You can get to ask Jean Griffin your gardening question in person at this year’s

Leigh & District Cottage Garden Society Summer Fayre on 22nd July at

Leigh Recreation Ground RH2 8NP.

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