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Hero (Retired)

Re: Community Gardens will not allow harvesting

@SheriGR, thanks for the humorous CowPlant story! 😃 The first time I successfully had a CowPlant in TS4 eat a Sim was during a Garden Gnome meeting at my Sim's house! The CowPlant ate Moira! 😮😃 But she was fine afterwards! 🙂

The Gardener can be very expensive with larger gardens, and for a while I didn't have the SP that included the Butler (I had been recovering from surgery for a long time and couldn't play the Sims, so I got very behind on keeping up with all the packs that came out that year. ) Also, I didn't always have room for the Butler's bedroom in each house. So, before Seasons came with Patchy, the only way I could keep a larger garden was with the Garden Gnomes club! ❤️ Free gardening, complete with socialization and all the Club System Perks! 🙌

I just now want to test having a Butler, hiring a Gardener, Patchy, and then call the Garden Gnomes at the same time! 👿 Must have a huge garden to do this as the Gardener comes earlier than the time when Patchy gets off his stump and comes alive! I wouldn't' want the Gardener to leave too early. Might not work unless I can keep the Butler away from the garden until the Gardener arrives and Patchy comes to life.🤔 At least I can call the Garden Gnomes any time day or night! 🙌

3 Replies

CGrant56
Hero+
6 years ago
@PugLove888 @SheriGR @RandomBuzziness
Don't forget that we have another gardening option with DU. The Gardener bots. Once you get them upgraded all you have to do is harvest and make sure that you get to them fast when they break. Otherwise you end up with a pile of rubble if you wait too long. I like 'em. Most of my gardens are big and have all the plants. I think it's around 70. A couple or 3 of the bots working 24/7 really make a difference!
PugLove888
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@CGrant56, thanks for mentioning the Gardening Bots!!! 🙌 How could I forget them! 🤭 (Granted, I only have one household with one, but I've been using it extensively! 😃 )

@SheriGRand @RandomBuzziness , add the Gardening Bot to the list that I need to have all the gardener options on my lot at the same time! 😃
SheriGR
Hero
6 years ago
@RandomBuzziness @PugLove888 @CGrant56 Actually, my favorite build for doing a huge garden was the one where I made a ginormous greenhouse with a 2nd floor that had Herbalist and Botanist rooms, Florist tables on the main floor, and a sunken room in the middle with the floor removed and the bee hives, plants planted directly in the ground, and sprinklers all upgraded to not puddle and be unbreakable. Then my huge gardener household could just be sent out to tend the bee hives and super-sell (man, I love super-sell!!!), because Patchy and the Butler usually had most of the work done already, and just to pick up any slack I had a Gardener hired also (though that was during the bug where they wouldn't usually come/be hirable). I love those sprinklers once upgraded!!