harvest

The plants are watered eight times a day, with specially treated water, and the blueberries are kept in refrigerators soon after they are harvested to maintain freshness.

The BBC got a sneak peek at the rice plants before harvest.

"Timber harvesting and transport will allow us to restructure Uswayford, increasing biodiversity by creating open habitats, restoring peatlands and planting of a wider mix of tree species."

This has been a year of extreme weather for the country – heatwaves, storms, droughts, floods and ruined harvests.

The holiday is traditionally celebrated after the year’s last harvest in either October or November by Hindus and Indians across the Indian diaspora.