Harvest Legacy and SuperSim Updates

Pomegranate searches her phone to get rid of the tutorials she doesn't need. It sure is nice that the town is so kind to offer a tour, but she's very familiar with Willow Creek...after all, she was born and raised there. She's ready to get busy collecting local seeds from the wild and getting a job as a Botanist. 

She's heard rumors that there are at least 32 local plants in Willowcreek and Oasis Springs, an hour drive away. They also sell some heirloom bell peppers, green peas, and green beans, locally. She hopes to get a head start on the wild Spring harvest near the local library, and catch a nap behind some bookcases until she gets her own bed.

Since base game and seasons are the only packs loaded at the moment, the worlds she'll be in charge of searching are Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, and New Crest. We also added the Greenhouse kit, because obviously she'll be thrilled to have her own Botany work space. 

Fortunately she knows some seed savers around the world that will be thrilled to purchase her extra seeds from her, so she'll have her Botany income and also the extra seeds from her wild harvests to get her going. 

Spring has almost past, and Pomegranate is feeling great about her progress. She started by asking around town for places in the wild people had spotted harvestable. She was pleased to find out there were a few community gardens that they were very protective of not mixing with GMOs and such, and they were still good to harvest, though not completely "wild" per say. 

She was pleased to meet Johnny, who invited her to come visit and explore the community garden near his house. He was sure no one would bother her if she camped nearby, and he even offered to leave the door unlocked if she needed a bathroom while camping. Such a sweet guy.

She did a whole lot of camping the first week of spring, trying to harvest as many things as possible before truly getting her garden going. Then she did some research at the library for the wildlife in the area. She was loving her new job and knew she'd like to build a large greenhouse nearby.

After getting a good head start of Spring harvest, she settled in to planting and taking care of her little green babies. She also began drawing up plans for a large green house. It would be a little sparse for awhile, but she knew it would grown crowded soon enough. She'd build a little side room to bunk down, a research room, and a shed for working. 

And before she knew it the town was taking notice of her research and she was promoted.

Hello to Pomegranate. Botanist was one of my favorite careers. Are you still playing Annie?

Sounds both creative and intriguing. I wish you well on your fresh start. Seems more than a few of us are starting fresh on this new site. Best of luck to you! And Happy Simming!

I hope that the Harvest family legacy goes well 🙂 It is great that each generation will perfect a plant and pass on the seed.

Summer is here in Annie's career as a Botanist, and that means it's time to go exploring again. Annie wakes up nice and early to eat a good breakfast before hitting the road. She plans to visit the spots from last season, camping out for a couple of days in each spot, to see what new vegetation grows there. 

Johnny has offered for her to sleep on his couch to stay out of the heat, but unless it gets really bad out there, she prefers sleeping under the stars. He has become somewhat of a friend, lately, though. 

Along the way, she meets the Caliente's and they tell her she can camp out on the porch if she wants. She feels a little awkward camping in such a nice area, but the harvestables she's hoping to gather there are well worth the discomfort.

While she waits for the plants to grown, she takes the time to relax and fish in the area, hoping for an abundance of fertilizer. Wow! The area is just beautiful. She could only dream of living in a place like this.

Well, the wait was all worth it. Her collection is getting bigger, and she hopes to graft more at home, too.

Exciting news! Annie was talking to Johnny, and Johnny overhears a lot in his career, and he heard that Magnolia Blossom park was going up for sell.  Apparently the old park was just overdue for an overhaul and the mayor just didn't have it in the budget to do all the work it needed. 

Annie jumped up from hearing the news. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, what's the big deal?" said Johnny.

"Magnolia Blossoms is for sale? That's the perfect spot for an enormous public garden...my dream!"

Annie got on the phone with city hall and enquired about the amount. She bit her finger to keep from squealing into the phone. She could totally get a loan for the land. She'd just have to build it up as she went along. Oh the dream! She began imagining a couple of greenhouses and a beautiful pathway throughout, lined with all kinds of flowers and trees. It would be amazing. She'd build herself a little cabin way at the back.

The move went swimmingly, but the cow plant got way too stressed out.

Annie completed her first aspiration, and to celebrate, I added in two new packs. The Blooming Rooms Kit and the Romantic Garden Stuff Pack. So now we've got those on top of Seasons and the Greenhouse Kit. 

Annie's new aspiration is to write a bestselling Botany encyclopedia. And of course, work on plans to lay out a pathway and gardens, and fill greenhouses with her collection. 

Autumn is now in full swing here at Pomegranate Gardens. Annie baked herself an apple pie to celebrate. It was time to go sleep under the stars again, but with so many plants to attend to at home, she decided it was for the best to hire a gardener to tend to them while she was away. Here collections coming along nicely! Her collection of aspiration points were piling up as well, so she went ahead and bought the Potion of Youth to restart as a YA when needed, and loaded up on other traits she could afford. 

In her spare time, Annie's taken to writing books and blogs about her favorite plants. She has quite the collection of books. 

Annie designed her garden to be a tourist attraction, a romantic place to take a walk, and a place for couples to get married on the weekends. She tucked a little archway and benches off in the back, where an amazing view of beautiful pink trees would be the backdrop to a perfect picture opportunity, and built her flowers greenhouse to be used for a small reception or private party. Don came by to see it all and tried to flirt it up with Annie, but she wasn't having it. He was very embarrassed but it didn't stop him from trying again later. After she found out he was noncommittal, she thought it wouldn't be so bad to have a little fun. After all, if he's not serious about settling down, he won't mess up her plans to be single long term. A little flirt won't hurt, right?

She wouldn't mind having a friend to snuggle up with for a good romantic movie, as long as he doesn't mess up her career plans as a Botanist. 

Pomegranate has some exciting news to share! 

First of all, she reached the max in her career as a Botanist! Hurray Pomegranate!! 

She is still waiting for that first harvestable Pomegranate from her graft of apple and cherry, but it won't be long now. She's already found one from fishing, but we're not counting that one. Other than potato, which she has to wait to harvest in Winter, she's completed all that she can do through harvesting and grafting, except Death Flower, which is already in the works. We've got an excellent Orchid all ready and waiting to graft on to her pomegranate plant once it's ready. 

So, for the time being, she's all finished. She's planning to wait until all her current harvestables are where she wants them, and then she has a long wait ahead of her to perfect the pomegranate. In the mean time, she is working on her writing aspiration and she's decided to go ahead and have a baby with Don. He's already made it clear he won't be husband material, but he'd love to be a daddy and wants to be in their lives. 

Continued:

Time flies by when you're talking to plants, so her update may as well be included right here.

Well...she planned on having A baby, but as it turned out...

Yes, that's right...first try for baby, no lot traits or aspiration traits to help, and what do I get? Triplets. 😅🤣

No, no no!!! I sat at my computer a full couple of minutes, just horrified. I only have room for one. I only had two names ready, one if it were a girl and one if it was a boy. So I used up both names, the first a girl, Lily, the second born a boy, Chryss (short for Chrysanthemum), and then I was stuck and flabbergasted when the third, another boy, was waiting to be named. So he gets "Apple" lol. 

I'm soooooo glad she finished her career first! Now she can focus her whole heart on these babies. She just needs to figure out how they're going to fit into her tiny cabin. 

So, welcome little ones:

A few friends stopped by to congratulate her on the babies and to lend a hand. Don, who was a little overwhelmed about triplets, and Johnny who thought the whole thing was simple hilarious. 

The triplets are growing so fast and there's not going to be room for them soon. Pomegranate's friends came to visit for Harvestfest, and suggested she either move or add a basement. She had worked so hard on building her gardens that moving was just not in the cards for her, but she also wanted to have a brightly lit space for her growing little beans. So, with the help of a contractor, she built a huge underground apartment with a light-shaft to get sunlight all the way to the basement. Now she has three floors; the main floor is just like it was, minus the bedroom stuff, and then she had a floor built exclusively for the triplets, and a large apartment space a floor down from that for her bedroom and a 2nd living space that could be turned into bedrooms in the future. 

The triplets aged up to infants and will get makeovers pretty soon, but I wanted to capture a picture of the moment they were together as infants for the first time. Pomegranate brought them upstairs to their nursery. It is just beautiful! I loaded the nursery kit in the game to decorate their bedroom.