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 the entire world. Gardening is a very important part of my game!
I play self-sustaining worlds so gardening is a must for my Sims. There are no picnic table or picnic baskets in my worlds. All restaurants are non-rabbit hole and serve fresh foods daily. Plus, there are public crates which I keep filled with fresh fruits for townie Sims to pick from if they are hungry. Not to mention, the grocery stores (non-rabbit hole) constantly need fresh stock in either raw, canned or cooked form.
Most worlds have their own vegetable, fruit, dairy and fish farms which provide all the food necessary for my town's residents. Items such as tofu and roasts are grown via the omni plant. My gardeners must grow all items to perfect quality as it has the best moodlet benefit.
I do not start my gardens from seeds but rather from the produce itself. All water sprinklers are upgraded to auto water so I don't have to remember to go around to each lot to turn them on. Because each plant has a high yield total before it becomes barren, there is no need to use huge plots of land to create these farms. Thanks to having Sandy's (ATS3) 'chest-like' storage containers on each of the farms; produce can be safely stored until I am back with that family to either can it, store it or, sell it to the various markets.
In addition to growing food for the population, I also have a garden center which sells high quality fertilizers, seeds and plants (deco) to the residents (or science or medical students) who have a garden (or planter box) on their home lot.
I don't use any cheats or shortcut items. Money trees are not allowed to be grown by the population and are only allowed at the Governor's mansion with the money 'grown' used towards the town's upkeep or future development.
Specialty plants such as death flowers and life fruits are maintained by the hospital staff. All ingredients for elixirs are maintained at the private gardens located on the grounds of the science center. Elixirs are sold directly to the hospital (or doctors) or to the town's pharmacy.
So, yeah, my Sims do quite a lot of gardening!
I play self-sustaining worlds so gardening is a must for my Sims. There are no picnic table or picnic baskets in my worlds. All restaurants are non-rabbit hole and serve fresh foods daily. Plus, there are public crates which I keep filled with fresh fruits for townie Sims to pick from if they are hungry. Not to mention, the grocery stores (non-rabbit hole) constantly need fresh stock in either raw, canned or cooked form.
Most worlds have their own vegetable, fruit, dairy and fish farms which provide all the food necessary for my town's residents. Items such as tofu and roasts are grown via the omni plant. My gardeners must grow all items to perfect quality as it has the best moodlet benefit.
I do not start my gardens from seeds but rather from the produce itself. All water sprinklers are upgraded to auto water so I don't have to remember to go around to each lot to turn them on. Because each plant has a high yield total before it becomes barren, there is no need to use huge plots of land to create these farms. Thanks to having Sandy's (ATS3) 'chest-like' storage containers on each of the farms; produce can be safely stored until I am back with that family to either can it, store it or, sell it to the various markets.
In addition to growing food for the population, I also have a garden center which sells high quality fertilizers, seeds and plants (deco) to the residents (or science or medical students) who have a garden (or planter box) on their home lot.
I don't use any cheats or shortcut items. Money trees are not allowed to be grown by the population and are only allowed at the Governor's mansion with the money 'grown' used towards the town's upkeep or future development.
Specialty plants such as death flowers and life fruits are maintained by the hospital staff. All ingredients for elixirs are maintained at the private gardens located on the grounds of the science center. Elixirs are sold directly to the hospital (or doctors) or to the town's pharmacy.
So, yeah, my Sims do quite a lot of gardening!
