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Lincolnshire is an area famous for prolific vegetable growing so, at harvest time, there is plenty to see. Matt Baker is meeting a farmer responsible for putting 12 million leeks on our plates each year. He explores how this mammoth task is achieved with the help of some impressive harvesting technology and lends a hand with the picking and processing. A few miles down the road, Matt explores some more modern technology when he meets Mark Nundy on his brassica farm. Mark shows Matt how vegetable breeding can produce different varieties of our best-loved veg that are hardier and tastier.

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The weather this year has been perfect for arable crops such as barley and wheat and as the harvest on Adam Henson鈥檚 farm gets under way it鈥檚 the ideal time for him to test out his massive new.听 Other crops are also benefiting from the glorious weather as Adam finds out when he travels to Kent to visit a farmer whose fields are ablaze with purple lavender. While he鈥檚 there Adam learns how the oil extracted from these plants is used for massage sessions out in the open - in the middle of the lavender fields.

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North Devon was, at one time, a European leader in pottery and famed for its harvest ware. Harvest ware incorporates a range of elaborately decorated drinking vessels that farmers would serve cider and ale from in the fields and at celebratory harvest suppers. Ellie Harrison meets the last known harvest jug maker in the area and tests her own skills on the potter鈥檚 wheel. She also looks at some historic examples with a local curator and goes from the sublime to the ridiculous when she celebrates at our own Countryfile harvest meal and tries out a puzzle jug designed to confuse the drinker and spill the contents!

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Tom Heap has exclusive access to the UK鈥檚 first field trial of a nutritionally beneficial crop. Scientists at Rothamsted Research are trying out a variety of Camelina that has been modified to contain the beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids. The research is still ongoing but, unlike previous trials, this year there were no protests at the site. So does that indicate a change in attitude towards genetically modified crops? Tom investigates.听

Pickles, jams and chutneys are traditional harvest-time foods. For centuries people have been preserving their harvest to help it last throughout the year. Ellie Harrison continues to look at harvest traditions as she visits RHS Rosemoor gardens to gather the last of the season鈥檚 fruit and vegetables with gardener Bridget Ibbs. Ruth and Derek De Maid, local preserve makers, are on hand to show her how to turn her own DIY harvest into a delicious addition to our very own harvest supper.

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