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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@StephSteb The gardening station certainly speeds things up. Which can be a good or a bad thing, depending on how much time for gardening your sim has :smiley: .
@Sharonia Oh, I know that feeling, because in the beginning, it can be a bit overwhelming. It's okay with the base game plants, because those are pretty forward food plants that are used in the recipes your sims discover when they learn cooking, and then you get the flame fruit for a cake that gives your sims a good moodlet, ambrosia that resets your sims' age, and of course that often broken opportunity chain, where the last plant lets you grow nearly everything, and yes, that includes all sorts of objects. Which I never did.
However, if you use those expansions that add lots of additional plants (University Life, Supernatural, also ITF), it can get easily a bit much if you never started in the first place.
@Mikezumi That approach makes sense for your play style. Of course, that also means a few more mods to make sure the sims actually eat the great food you prepare and don't just cook their burnt pancakes on their own or grab a yoghurt, although the fridge stocks their favorite meal. Regarding the opportunity chain, I got once to the patty stage, only for that one to bug out. Not even Marcus got that one down :lol: .
@IreneSwift Those are very orderly gardens, and I especially like the France one, which is very pretty. I tend to just mix things up as they come and try to gauge what's needed by the incoming harvestables, which means things will be always mixed. While I said I only use indoor gardens, I actually had an outdoor garden in one of my SV games. As I use Southern California weather there, there's hardly ever any frost, which means I can at least try my luck.
@starguru Wow, those are awesome gardens. I know those fully stocked community gardens from some of the custom worlds. The one in my Twinbrook game is unfortunately gone, not sure why. Maybe, zombies. It's a pity that, even inside, as soon as you have real soil as ground, the gardens see winter. Hmm, I have to check whether I can recolor the ITF rugs? Never tried that. I prefer ponds to aquariums regarding death fish, as I'm not good with aquariums :disappointed: .
@Sharonia Oh, I know that feeling, because in the beginning, it can be a bit overwhelming. It's okay with the base game plants, because those are pretty forward food plants that are used in the recipes your sims discover when they learn cooking, and then you get the flame fruit for a cake that gives your sims a good moodlet, ambrosia that resets your sims' age, and of course that often broken opportunity chain, where the last plant lets you grow nearly everything, and yes, that includes all sorts of objects. Which I never did.
However, if you use those expansions that add lots of additional plants (University Life, Supernatural, also ITF), it can get easily a bit much if you never started in the first place.
@Mikezumi That approach makes sense for your play style. Of course, that also means a few more mods to make sure the sims actually eat the great food you prepare and don't just cook their burnt pancakes on their own or grab a yoghurt, although the fridge stocks their favorite meal. Regarding the opportunity chain, I got once to the patty stage, only for that one to bug out. Not even Marcus got that one down :lol: .
@IreneSwift Those are very orderly gardens, and I especially like the France one, which is very pretty. I tend to just mix things up as they come and try to gauge what's needed by the incoming harvestables, which means things will be always mixed. While I said I only use indoor gardens, I actually had an outdoor garden in one of my SV games. As I use Southern California weather there, there's hardly ever any frost, which means I can at least try my luck.
@starguru Wow, those are awesome gardens. I know those fully stocked community gardens from some of the custom worlds. The one in my Twinbrook game is unfortunately gone, not sure why. Maybe, zombies. It's a pity that, even inside, as soon as you have real soil as ground, the gardens see winter. Hmm, I have to check whether I can recolor the ITF rugs? Never tried that. I prefer ponds to aquariums regarding death fish, as I'm not good with aquariums :disappointed: .
