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 time, and there has been updates and patches since then, and I would like to get my sims to start some gardening alongside their cooking.What are the various gardening items and gardening and cooking gameplay for the entire game plus packs so far? Which various packs added to/enhanced the gardening and cooking gameplay? (I almost have all of the packs, except for some Stuff packs and the Kits. I recently bought the new one with bunnies and country animals, but haven’t played it yet.)I am a bit overwhelmed since there has been some patches and updates in the last year or two, and I only just started getting a few plant seeds and did some basic weeding, lol. Any gardening guides to help as well? Any help or guidance on where to start would be greatly appreciated! (Can be detailed tips as well.)

I would say Seasons and Cottage Living will give you everything you need for gardening, and it sounds like you just got Cottage Living.If you like easter eggs/shortcuts, City Living has two festivals that will give you some otherwise hard-to-find seeds, and Realm of Magic has a vendor stall that sells otherwise hard-to-find seeds. City Living really enhances the cooking gameplay a lot because there are many unlockable recipes from ordering food at the food stalls. Snowy Escape has a few too.

You may want to check out these resources.https://simguided.com/guides/sims-4-gardening-and-plant-list/https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/26/the-sims-4-cottage-living-oversized-crops-guide/https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/gardening/https://ultimatesimsguides.com/sims-4-gardening/

"mightysprite;c-18030429" wrote:I would say Seasons and Cottage Living will give you everything you need for gardening, and it sounds like you just got Cottage Living.If you like easter eggs/shortcuts, City Living has two festivals that will give you some otherwise hard-to-find seeds, and Realm of Magic has a vendor stall that sells otherwise hard-to-find seeds. City Living really enhances the cooking gameplay a lot because there are many unlockable recipes from ordering food at the food stalls. Snowy Escape has a few too.Ah, I didn't know those other packs had more seeds and recipes! Yes, I have just gotten the new Cottage Living pack recently. Thanks so much! :smiley:

"bunny-gypsy;c-18030452" wrote:Oh, I was reading and skimming through the guides, but none of them mention how green houses work in detail? Is it something you build yourself...? Are these special materials for one? Which pack has the core stuff for greenhouses if it is something we must build or buy? Greenhouses in The Sims 4 are just regular rooms! In fact, you don’t even need the Seasons expansion pack to build one. Any enclosed space protected from the elements in the game can function as a greenhouse for your plants but of course, you can make your greenhouses look more like greenhouses with windows and glass roofing.https://simscommunity.info/2021/11/13/building-greenhouses-in-the-sims-4/

@bunny-gypsy In sims 4, a ''green house'' is just a room that you make look like a typical green house with windows and a glass roof.https://simsvip.com/2018/06/20/tutorial-using-glass-roofs-in-the-sims-4/

Gardening Essentials? (BG+packs)

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elliandre
4 years ago
"LatinaBunny;c-18031534" wrote:
"Elliandre;c-18031072" wrote:
I love gardening and cooking in the game too. I just discovered recently that you can actually click on and sell the baked items made with the cupcake factory. I never play with the cupcake factory because it's so big, but one of my Sims has a huge kitchen, so I put it in recently and now I have a little at-home cupcake side business going for her which has been fun.

I read that if you befriend the bunnies or a flock of birds they will help with your garden, although I haven't tried it yet.

There are some really nice print pictures you can get from looking at plants under the microscope or taking pictures of your food at restaurants.

There is a picnic basket with cottage living you can add some food to and then put in your inventory and set the basket up on a picnic table to have a picnic

Ooh, picnic basket! ? More stuff, yay! ??

Oh! I’ll have to check out how to have my sims take photos and print pictures. Can they take photos with their phone or does it have to be a specialized camera?

If my house has room, I’ll definitely check out that cupcake factory machine! ? Maybe make a basement or an attic just for it, lol. Thanks for letting me know that we can sell the products! ??

There's some different ways to take photos in the game, probably some I haven't discovered yet. There is the cell phone you can take a cute photo with another Sim. There is also the camera you can purchase and keep in your inventory. There is the tripod that came with Moschino stuff pack which is great, you can set it up anywhere to take a photo. The photo studio object is fun you can set up your own photography business in your home. And the microscope and observation sky tower thing have photos you can collect when using them. And when dining at a restaurant you can take photos of your plate of food. :smiley:

"Stormkeep;c-18031536" wrote:
There's a mod that adds smaller size and different colors for the cupcake factory if you are willing to use mods. It's available over on MTS. I use it, because I want to be able to make cupcakes in my freaking kitchen.

I've been wishing to bake cupcakes in my oven for so long, but I haven't downloaded a mod for it yet. Or at least I would love a small tabletop baker oven like you said there is just no room for that factory in the kitchen and who wants to bake in their backyard or basement lol.
JaggidEdje
4 years ago
"Elliandre;c-18031555" wrote:

I've been wishing to bake cupcakes in my oven for so long, but I haven't downloaded a mod for it yet. Or at least I would love a small tabletop baker oven like you said there is just no room for that factory in the kitchen and who wants to bake in their backyard or basement lol.

Yah, same here. Even with the mod for the smaller one I still don't use it in very many of my households. It's still a floor slot not a tabletop one, unfortunately. It takes up 4 tiles (2x2) rather than the size of the base game one which takes up a whopping 9 tiles (3x3), so it's still a bit big. I usually also shrink it down. It makes the animations a bit off, but I'm okay with that.

There are mods that let you make the cupcakes in the oven, but I don't use those. The problem with mods that mess with oven cooking recipes is that they break the game any time there's a pack or game update that adds recipes. I try to minimize how many mods I use that will require mod updates any time the game updates.
Object additions, like a smaller cupcake machine, on the other hand rarely, if ever, need to be updated. Hence why that's the one I use.
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
Ravasheen has a small counter top object for baking.

https://twitter.com/RAVASHEENCC/status/1421538253178499074?s=20
elliandre
4 years ago
"Stormkeep;c-18031581" wrote:
"Elliandre;c-18031555" wrote:

I've been wishing to bake cupcakes in my oven for so long, but I haven't downloaded a mod for it yet. Or at least I would love a small tabletop baker oven like you said there is just no room for that factory in the kitchen and who wants to bake in their backyard or basement lol.

Yah, same here. Even with the mod for the smaller one I still don't use it in very many of my households. It's still a floor slot not a tabletop one, unfortunately. It takes up 4 tiles (2x2) rather than the size of the base game one which takes up a whopping 9 tiles (3x3), so it's still a bit big. I usually also shrink it down. It makes the animations a bit off, but I'm okay with that.

There are mods that let you make the cupcakes in the oven, but I don't use those. The problem with mods that mess with oven cooking recipes is that they break the game any time there's a pack or game update that adds recipes. I try to minimize how many mods I use that will require mod updates any time the game updates.
Object additions, like a smaller cupcake machine, on the other hand rarely, if ever, need to be updated. Hence why that's the one I use.

that's why I haven't downloaded a mod for it yet. I would be so upset if in an update my kitchen appliances broke. I love cooking in the game way too much. I did build a bakery once though and had some fun with that because it felt more realistic for there to be a cupcake factory in a retail business lot.
LatinaBunny
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Elliandre;c-18031555" wrote:

There's some different ways to take photos in the game, probably some I haven't discovered yet. There is the cell phone you can take a cute photo with another Sim. There is also the camera you can purchase and keep in your inventory. There is the tripod that came with Moschino stuff pack which is great, you can set it up anywhere to take a photo. The photo studio object is fun you can set up your own photography business in your home. And the microscope and observation sky tower thing have photos you can collect when using them. And when dining at a restaurant you can take photos of your plate of food. :smiley:

Wow, so many options! ??
Yeah, got the Moschino stuff pack because I heard there’s something with taking photos. Will definitely have to check all of these photo and microscope stuff out soon! ??
JaggidEdje
4 years ago
"simgirl1010;c-18031587" wrote:
Ravasheen has a small counter top object for baking.
Spoiler

https://twitter.com/RAVASHEENCC/status/1421538253178499074?s=20

Oh boy, thank you SO MUCH for sharing that info and link! Going in my game right this minute.

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