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"Yautjagirl;c-17942731" wrote:
I love it, having a simple life and off the grid while having animals and a garden is hard work, which is very realistic and I really love to see my sim struggle :lol: I have played her for about 20 sim days and on only two ocassions she ventured out of her farm XD Her diet is mainly fruit salad and egg toasts :D

Same here! I'm playing with long seasons, and my sims have been at it for about three sim weeks. I have no idea if the sprinkler system works on off-grid lots so I was extra cautious. My sims were making salads until they reached about level three!

It's very slow to make money right now from the farm. I don't mind it at all, and am actually enjoying it. I always planned on upgrading to a larger lot/farm once my sims earns enough, but I think it will take much longer than I anticipated.

"IceyJ;c-17943212" wrote:

"kaiwrysims;c-17942386" wrote:

"Akl500P;c-17942371" wrote:
It’s a bit of a challenge but it’s really enjoyable. Plus side you can buy any ingredients you need from either the grocery stall or having it delivered to your home. You have to buy meat, flour and sugar but can make everything else including cheese and bread to use in recipes.

Bees honey at least makes one of the animal treats and the honey cake. Haven’t noticed anything else though.

Wish we could use honey to substitute sugar and you can get meat from animals. And if we got wheat in this pack then we could make flour without buying it.

I agree about the honey, but you can get meat by 'trading' the animals. I think it's under the Action menu. I hope they patch it so we can also use the cricket flour.

Oh yeah ik I meant to say that we can get meat from animals, not that I wish we could.

And I made a post abt the honey thing on answers hq and someone also suggested cricket flour. I don't think I tried EL recipes yet but I don't remember what cricket flour is used for. Maybe for the specific bug meals.

I love it although I had some issues when first moving my family into their home. Forgot to order groceries and I only realised this when they were hungry so I ordered some, did not hear the delivery guy at the door so got a notification that he left them at the door, Could not find them anywhere.. by this time by sims were starving so I just quickly ordered another lot and for some reason the guy took sim hours to deliver it!! My poor sims were not happy hahaha

So it it possible to do a farm to table restaurant if you have dine out? Does the inventory work like that?

Even though I love this lot trait, my Sims are finding it hard work. They're often going to bed at stupid hours in the morning just trying to fit everything in. Then and again in saying that, I did set them a challenge by opening up a farm shop selling baked goods and giving them even more animals. They also have a little girl and a toddler to look after too. I suppose I would also struggle in that situation, lol.

So far, I’ve only played a family that fishes for ingredients.

Its really no different than how I've been playing since the start, in 2017. I've always had gardens and fridges full of fruits/veggies and fish, and my sims have always cooked with those ingredients. Now I just have more types of ingredients to put in my fridges. I haven't tried the lot challenge, but also don't think its necessary with the way I'm playing.

Don't know about the honey, as I almost never have bees anymore. Just can't be bothered keeping them "happy". They're more a hassle than anything.

I love it. I enjoy canning what my Sims grow so they can use it later in meals. And most of the in game plants have a reason for being in the game other than just creating income. My main Sim has three chickens and two llamas. I decided against having a cow for a bit. My Sim is a knitter and does cross stitch so it's been a lot of work learning about the animal treats that change the color of llama wool so she pays less to knit and stitch. I have always enjoyed using Plopsy so having more items to sell is great. I hoped we'd see more reasons to grow crops, and my wish came true.

I didn't expect to enjoy it, and I certainly won't have it activated with, say, my family in San Myshuno, but I've found I enjoy it more than I expected for my more rural sims, and it gives me more of a reason to actually have a garden than potion ingredients.