Gardening Essentials? (BG+packs)
Hello! :) It has been awhile since I’ve played Sims, and I have bought some new packs recently, so I would like some help or advice on a gameplay aspect. I have not touched gardening in a long...
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"Stormkeep;c-18030669" wrote:
I love gardening and cooking in Sims games...every household I play ends up with at least a few garden plants even if it is just some tomatoes growing in a pot on the balcony in an apartment in San Myshuno.
I got Cottage Living for Christmas (yay!) and the new lot trait that makes cooking require ingredients is one I will probably turn on in all of my households as well. I have wanted sims to be required to go grocery shopping (or grow/raise their own) since TS4 first came out, and now I can! I love that lot trait.
BTW, no one has mentioned it, but if you're doing gardening don't forget about Flowers and the Flower Arranging table either (added with Seasons). If that's something that might interest you. And also remember the Bee Box, which is useful for improving the quality of nearby plants, and Patchy who is useful for helping with gardening.
Cottage Living also unlocks an easy-plant-upgrade route you could opt for using golden chickens, golden milk or golden egg omelets which let you instant-upgrade plants to perfect with their super-secret golden pulse power. And the rabbits and birds, which respectively help with weeding and bug removal, from Cottage Living are much more helpful than I at first realized. I can't remember the last time my current household had to weed or spray for bugs themselves now that they have many little friends.
Yes! I loved having my sims do cooking (and baking) in the past Sims games, too! I’ve only touched the surface of gardening, but it’s something I want to (excuse the pun, hehe) dig into! ??
Oh!!! Flower Arranging is in Seasons, too? Nice! ? I loved doing floral arranging stuff back in… I think Sims 2 or Sims 3, can’t remember which game had that, but I loved that kind of stuff, too! Can’t wait to add that, too! ?
"ChariceZyrus89;c-18030681" wrote:
Rare plants are pretty common in Spice Festival of City Living
Ooh, thanks for letting me know! ?? I’ll be sure to check the festivals more often.
"JustMeAlb;c-18030706" wrote:
For me Seasons brought the biggest change to gardening (I do not yet have Cottage Living). Changed how the plants grow, added several items to help with gardening, new career with a work at home option, flower arranging. And I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch.
About greenhouses. Certain plants will grow only at certain times of the year unless they are sheltered, and in true Sims fashion an unsupported roof just hovering over them counts as shelter. Building a greenhouse just looks better but I don't think it brings any additional gameplay benefit.
That’s great that making a greenhouse is pretty simple! ?? I was a little intimidated to get deep into gardening and greenhouses, because I thought it would be a full complicated system to make a greenhouse. Good to hear that it’s not, though! ??
