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Where the Wild Things Are The Untapped Potential of Our Gardens, Parks and Balconies

By Kate Bradbury.

In my 20s I lived in Manchester on the sixth floor of a block of council flats just off

the A57 or Mankunian-Mankie Way.

A short walk from Manchester Piccadilly Station and the city centre.

It was grey, noisy and built up.

I loved every piece of it, my first stab at adulthood at living on my own.

I painted my bedroom silver and slept on a mattress on the floor, and I grew sweet corn, tomatoes and corgets in pots on the balcony.

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