Farming Expansion Hints in Island Living

"Tawny_Oceanus_Kat;c-17111823" wrote:

For me, University was/is the chore.
Send sim(s) to class, write term paper/essay/project, repeat for a game week, send sim to exam, repeat the first two for another week, send sim to exam, repeat the process 4 times until the sim finally graduates and goes to the families folder to await a home of their own or be moved back in with folks.
IF they do University again, I would want it more streamlined, the whole higher education process taking just 8 game days. OR, just like in our modern day, they could have the option to take their college courses online and so study at home while working and going about their day with their family. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to a farming expansion pack over a higher education (college/university) expansion pack myself. Especially if I get my horses, chickens, and cows back and possibly add sheep, goats, ducks, geese, and alpaca/llama. As much as I would also want unicorns back, with a farming expansion I'd assume I'd have to wait for an appropriate expansion pack for them as well similarly magical/mythical pegasi, winged unicorns, dragons, firebirds, and gryphons.

What's worse, with TS4 system, if going to university would not stop the time "back home" as it did in TS3, the idea of leaving the rest of my sims to their own devices for a week (let alone several weeks) is just terrifying. And yes, it's a circle of classes and other tasks until reaching the goal.

I've always loved gardening in Sims and the idea of this being expanded on with farm animals (and possibly natural fertilizer) is something I'd like more. Yes, farming has its own challenges - I am afraid that even a 64x64 lot might be a tough fit for a real farm, more so if some kind of stable/pen was to be included.