Gardening - what do you plant?
In this game, I started looking into gardening after I had been playing already for quite some time. Which may be a bit surprising, given I had been playing quite a few sims in the science career, whe...
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I play a lot of gardeners; there’s at least one in every generation and usually one in most of my played households. Gardening is one of my favorite things to do.
I plant indoors, outdoors, in greenhouses or basements, with or without planters or soil rugs—whichever works best with the space/resources the household has and what I want them to plant.
Greenhouse with planters and a mix of fruit and veg, plus a random money tree:
Alchemy plants in indoor planters, fruit trees outside and small, edible plants on soil rugs in the greenhouse:
Fruit harvestables for nectar-making in a sub-basement MOO'd to the floor:
Sometimes I plant anything and everything, but for the most part I avoid planting money trees, plasma fruit, herbs, coffee beans and crystal flowers on my home lot unless I need the extra cash (red berry coffee beans are a lucrative crop), or if I have vampires, alchemists or bot-builders in the family. I would like to use the herbs more often for their effects, but I usually forget. :/
Generally, I plant all fruits, vegetables, and the edible SN plants for recipes, since favorite and perfect meals are important to my families. All of my green thumb gardeners also do the opportunities for the dairy, meat and omni plants. If those opportunities don’t show up in a timely manner on their own, I will use MC to force them. My Sims read books, watch TV or listen to tabcasts to improve some skills, but never for gardening.
Over the years, I've built up and saved various perfect community garden lots that contain all or almost all available plants, which I sometimes place in my edited towns. Cheaty, cheaty me. :p It’s easy to max gardening and complete some skill challenges just by harvesting a huge community garden a few times.
Heritage Community Gardens:
Legacy Gardens:
The Sleeping Gardens:
Avalon Orchard & Vineyard:
I use the harvestables from community gardens as seed starters on my home lots, which works especially well for my nectar-makers. Community gardens are also good for “homeless” Sims to collect food for their daily meals or for science Sims to analyze for samples. Not having to water or fertilize plants is a nice time-saver too. And I always use a consignment store to sell my extra produce (and OFC nectar).
When I have saves where I want ambrosia, I plant larger groupings of life fruit (I do this for nectar making too).
I also only catch a few deathfish to start and then just breed more in fish tanks. :lol:
I occasionally use the Swift Grow and the tractor on my large farming lots, but I tend to use just the tractor more often. My farmer Sims take the cold/dormant seasons off and use that time for other things. By then they have WA chests or CC chest-likes filled with surplus. I love using the canning station to create food rations in fall and winter, or I may use that time to start making nectars or focus on other skills and hobbies.
I plant indoors, outdoors, in greenhouses or basements, with or without planters or soil rugs—whichever works best with the space/resources the household has and what I want them to plant.
Greenhouse with planters and a mix of fruit and veg, plus a random money tree:
Alchemy plants in indoor planters, fruit trees outside and small, edible plants on soil rugs in the greenhouse:
Fruit harvestables for nectar-making in a sub-basement MOO'd to the floor:
Sometimes I plant anything and everything, but for the most part I avoid planting money trees, plasma fruit, herbs, coffee beans and crystal flowers on my home lot unless I need the extra cash (red berry coffee beans are a lucrative crop), or if I have vampires, alchemists or bot-builders in the family. I would like to use the herbs more often for their effects, but I usually forget. :/
Generally, I plant all fruits, vegetables, and the edible SN plants for recipes, since favorite and perfect meals are important to my families. All of my green thumb gardeners also do the opportunities for the dairy, meat and omni plants. If those opportunities don’t show up in a timely manner on their own, I will use MC to force them. My Sims read books, watch TV or listen to tabcasts to improve some skills, but never for gardening.
Over the years, I've built up and saved various perfect community garden lots that contain all or almost all available plants, which I sometimes place in my edited towns. Cheaty, cheaty me. :p It’s easy to max gardening and complete some skill challenges just by harvesting a huge community garden a few times.
Heritage Community Gardens:
Legacy Gardens:
The Sleeping Gardens:
Avalon Orchard & Vineyard:
I use the harvestables from community gardens as seed starters on my home lots, which works especially well for my nectar-makers. Community gardens are also good for “homeless” Sims to collect food for their daily meals or for science Sims to analyze for samples. Not having to water or fertilize plants is a nice time-saver too. And I always use a consignment store to sell my extra produce (and OFC nectar).
When I have saves where I want ambrosia, I plant larger groupings of life fruit (I do this for nectar making too).
I also only catch a few deathfish to start and then just breed more in fish tanks. :lol:
I occasionally use the Swift Grow and the tractor on my large farming lots, but I tend to use just the tractor more often. My farmer Sims take the cold/dormant seasons off and use that time for other things. By then they have WA chests or CC chest-likes filled with surplus. I love using the canning station to create food rations in fall and winter, or I may use that time to start making nectars or focus on other skills and hobbies.
