FIVE grow LIVE

We will be following the highs and lows of the growing seasons for our five gardeners and comparing how their crops grow in different parts of the country. Here are our five …

BILL LOVE FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND

■ Small garden veggie grower and blogger

■ Bill says you don’t need an allotment to grow veg

■ Fan of raised beds

MARTIN JORDAN FROM CHEPSTOW, MONMOUTHSHIRE

■ First place winner in our Passionate Plotter competition last year

■ Has two allotments

■ This is only his third season growing fruit and veg