Gardeners, do you build greenhouses?

"crocobaura;c-18055115" wrote:

"PenguinFoop;c-18055108" wrote:
Good points. What annoys me about having them grow outside is when they're out of season, they're just a lump of dirt laying there teasing you. They're saying "Ha ha, I'm here but you can't have me. ?"

There are plants that keep growing and you can harvest in winter too, like holly. But you could use the winter time to process some of the harvestables you collect, make fizzy drinks, or candles, or flower arrangements, so you still earn an income.

While this is true, I will have sims who live on their floral arranging skill in time so I would need to do that all year round.

"Stormkeep;c-18055127" wrote:
I do a combination of both. With a new household, just an outdoor garden. Eventually, provided there is room, I will build a small greenhouse and move specific plants which are seasonal into it, but even then I still continue growing other things outside.

I tend to reduce the total number of plants by using grafting and I generally graft seasonal plants onto plants which are "all season" , which means I can grow most things outdoors year round. For that reason, when I do build a greenhouse it is generally rather small.

You hit on my next concern and the solution. The concern was having a greenhouse to accommodate all in-game plants would be larger than the house.

Now for the solution, grafting seasonal plants with all season plants?!? So if I do that then those that only naturally grow in say summer will grow all year because of the all season plants??? So you specifically said you graft the seasonal onto the non-seasonals. So does it have to be that way?

I remember once having that work by accident but when I tried it intentionally, it failed. I thought it was a glitch. But maybe I grafted in the wrong direction.