Gardening is an essential element in simulation games, and The Sims 2 is no exception. With a fully functional gardening center in the build mode, you can grow delicious crops such as cucumbers, strawberries, and more to add fresh ingredients to the refrigerator, or use it as a green money-making plan.

The gardening mechanism also gives us an in-depth understanding of the game's talent badges and hobby system, and is an excellent way to master the game's many functions. Make money while learning by building a large greenhouse, apple orchard or small greenhouse of your dreams.

How to build a garden

You need soil blocks and/or fruit trees to start growing fruits and vegetables. Enter the construction mode and select the kettle icon to enter the gardening center. Then, click on the flower pot on the right .

Everything you need is in this menu. Select the Soil Tool and drag it to the area where you want to plant the garden. This tool has roughly the same functions as other flooring tools. You can interact with it in your life mode to buy plants.

If you want to plant fruit trees, you need to purchase them separately at the gardening center in the construction mode , rather than directly from the soil block. You can get three different types of fruit trees in the same section: apple, orange and lemon.

Some optional items can make your life easier , including:

• Water sprayer
• Compost box
• Ladybug House
• Greenhouse walls, doors and roofs
• robot

How to build a greenhouse

You can protect your garden plot by building a greenhouse . This is similar to building a house, but instead of using a normal wall tool, you have to choose one of the three colors of greenhouse walls in the Build Mode Gardening Center.

Select the greenhouse wall project and drag it to the area where you want to build the wall. It functions the same as regular wall tools. Repeat this until you have a completely enclosed area that should ideally be rectangular or square.

How to grow crops Choose the soil block you built and you will see the option to grow tomatoes . At first, it's the only thing you can grow, but over time and some effort, your options will expand. Your Sims will pay for the seeds and the plants will start to grow.

How to unlock new plants

The Sims 2 relies on a talent badge system in "Open Business" rather than a gardening skill system that was not introduced until the Sims 3. However, the gift badge system works roughly the same way: the longer you spend gardening, the better you are .

Talent Badge Level Unlocked crops Planting price (Sim currency) none tomato 8 Fruit Tree 1,200 bronze cucumber 12 strawberry 12 silver Beans 16 chili 16 gold eggplant 20

Once your harvestable crops are grown and mature, you can sell them by clicking on the plants and using the “Sell Products” interaction . The highest quality crops are sold at:

How to sell fruits at a higher price

You can also run your own grocery store and sell your fresh produce using the “Open Commercial” community plot mechanism. Open a home business or buy community plots, Refrigifreeze’s DecraChill display cabinets and cash registers.

Place the Refrigifreeze DecraChill display case in your business, select it and fill it with your newly harvested items. From there, you have the option to increase the price of your produce to earn more money from it.

Tips for planting a good garden

Now that you have learned the basics of growing your own food, you can focus on perfecting it. This way, you can plant more efficiently , take into account seasonal changes and start growing the highest quality harvestable crops possible .

Pay attention to the harvest quality of plants

You may have noticed that your crop comes with harvest quality. This reflects the level of care the plants receive during their growth . Harvest quality is measured on three-point scales , from worst to best:

• Bland and tasteless
• tasty
• Extremely delicious

Fertilize frequently

You should also regularly fertilize your plants . You don't have to do this to keep the plants alive, but this is the best way to improve them. You can buy fertilizer for 10 SIM by clicking directly on the garden plot and using “Fertilization” . Or, you can make it yourself in a compost bin .

Join the Gardening Club When you start a new family, you may receive visits from your local Gardening Club. You can join at any time to get a discounted price for seeds and fertilizers .

The problem is, you have to have a nice, well-maintained garden to be accepted by the club. Invite club members to your plot and request an invitation . They will start checking your garden and if they think it meets the criteria, you will be a new member.

Members of the Gardening Club receive discounts on the following items:

Plants grow according to the season will hibernate and will not grow in winter unless they are covered in a greenhouse. Sow seeds in the spring and prepare for harvest year-round until the weather becomes too bad.

Care for other plants

Unlike the follow-up version of The Sims, shrubs and flowers planted around the Sims’ gardens also need care . You can do this by watering, weeding and caring for it.

Be aware of weeds and overgrown, leafy shrubs in the flower beds and be prepared to water whatever you plant . Flowers that are desperate for drinking will look wilted and yellow.

Interacting with plants around your property opens up all the interactions you need to keep the garden neat and orderly. You can also do the job by hiring a gardener or creating a robot by phone .

You don't have to do anything to care for the trees, so if you want a low maintenance garden, you tend to plant them. Maybe there are some classic pink lawn flamingos. But don't let the gardening club see it!

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