Typically, I build greenhouses for all of my plants since the season doesn't hamper their growth that way. So I was wondering if I am a genius or do other gardeners grow their plants that way?

Nope, I like the wild winter look of my sims' gardens. Also, less garden chores in the winter, more time for other activities.

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. ?"

"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.

I like to give my sims a greenhouse. It was something I always wanted in RL but never got.

My sims usually have both a greenhouse and an outdoor garden, unless there is a lifestyle reason why I don't do that (like my sim who lives in an underground bunker). Growing up in Alaska, my family had both a garden and a greenhouse (all the plants like tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and bell peppers had to be in the greenhouse because the summers never got warm enough for them, but lettuce, carrots, cabbages etc could be outdoors) so having both a garden and greenhouse just seemed completely normal to me and I never even gave it a moment's thought.In the most of my sim households, I grow several of each in-season plant in the outdoor garden, and at the end of their growing season, I keep only the highest quality individual of each type of plant and move those to the greenhouse. I delete all the extra ones. I move the new in-season plants (that were in the greenhouse) out to the outdoor garden, and plant extras for that season. So I always have a trickle of out-of-season produce, from the singles in the greenhouse, but the majority of the harvest is from the in-season garden.

Gardeners, do you build greenhouses?

PenguinFoop
3 years ago
"Lucy_Henley;c-18055162" wrote:
I just have a mod that allows all plants to grow in all seasons. Problem solved :D

Yeah I'm on console and honestly doubt there would be many mods I would use otherwise. I like game as it is with its challenges and creative solutions so modding those out of the game or using cheat codes aren't really my thing.

But I'm glad they work for you. Mod'ers need a target base to enjoy their hard work too.
sikoah
3 years ago
I always have a green house. I want my plants to grow all year around. It doesn't matter if I have an outdoor garden. I just love having plants all year around.
JaggidEdje
3 years ago
"PenguinFoop;c-18055163" wrote:
So it doesn't matter which plant gets grafted onto which to get year long harvests as long as one of them grows year round. In other words, if I grafte the above mentioned apple tree onto the above mentioned sage I would get the same year round growth as I would grafting the sage onto the apple?

It matters. The final plant will have the same exact seasonal (and growth) statistics of the one you graft ONTO. So you take the cutting from the one you don't want, and graft it onto the one you do. If you graft sage onto apple, you get a tree that only grows in fall. If you graft apple onto sage, you get a bush which grows year round.
PenguinFoop
3 years ago
"LatinaBunny;c-18055164" wrote:
I like having both outdoor gardens and greenhouses, depending on how much room my gardener sims’ lots have.

I just recently learned from some simmers in these forums about being able to make a building for the plants to grow in, and I appreciate being able to make greenhouses. I don’t want to constantly worry about the seasons and weather, especially since I rotate lots a lot, and forget what season a family may be in, lol.

Yeah, I had a rotational player suggest to me one time that when I'm ready to start playing multiple families, to play a full year with one then a full year with the other having aging off on played households so that it's technically like playing the same year just playing it again with a new family.

That would solve the seasons issue.
PenguinFoop
3 years ago
"Stormkeep;c-18055169" wrote:
"PenguinFoop;c-18055163" wrote:
So it doesn't matter which plant gets grafted onto which to get year long harvests as long as one of them grows year round. In other words, if I grafte the above mentioned apple tree onto the above mentioned sage I would get the same year round growth as I would grafting the sage onto the apple?

It matters. The final plant will have the same exact seasonal (and growth) statistics of the one you graft ONTO. So you take the cutting from the one you don't want, and graft it onto the one you do. If you graft sage onto apple, you get a tree that only grows in fall. If you graft apple onto sage, you get a bush which grows year round.

Okay that's what I was asking. The base plant plays host to the grafted plant. So the season it grows in ungraftedbis the only season it will grow in. This is good to know!
PenguinFoop
3 years ago
"SikoahGrace;c-18055168" wrote:
I always have a green house. I want my plants to grow all year around. It doesn't matter if I have an outdoor garden. I just love having plants all year around.

I agree with you but my problem was trying to get a reasonable sized greenhouse. @Stormkeep has the perfect solution for this!
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
Sometimes I build Greenhouses, but most of the time I actually shield my lot with a clear jumbo roof up in the air, almost like a big cloud. ;)
Admiral8Q
New Spectator
3 years ago

I do, or the equivalent, like building a roof that 'magically' shelters the plants.
I like making it look feasible though.
However... Building a grow-op underground though is more "interesting" for those 'questionable' plants, haha! :p
Kyr0e
New Spectator
3 years ago
Depends on the lot, but my longest-played household has an outdoor garden with glass roofing atop some surrounding pillars, so...a hybrid, I guess.

Whilst functionally worthwhile, the choice to use a greenhouse, outdoor garden, or "open-air greenhouse" most often comes down to necessity, either for the sims, or the simmer. Greenhouses are easier, but outdoors have a certain appeal (and more ways to style them). For me, the open-air greenhouse was necessary because the sim who most utilised it was a vampire with thin skin, who also loved being outdoors.
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
It protects my sims garden.