Gardening/ Farming

[HarrisKevyn 14]

Looked through the forums and could not find this topic.

Would anyone be in favor of gardening? Ive noticed a serious amount of Greenhouses popping up in the new township areas and wondered if they would be adding such a mechanic in-game.
Implementation would be straightforward;
   Eating a food item (depending on condition) would give you a 5-0% chance of recovering seeds from said item. Planting the seed would require either a planter box, or a tilled tract of dirt. The area would have to be kept irrigated (via rain, pond, irrigation system or watering pail) in order for the food to grow.
   There would be 2 types of food items: Hot-climate and Cold climate. Hot climate would refer to anything that would require a greenhouse to grow, such as kiwis and tomatoes, and cold climate would be anything that does not require a greenhouse, like potatoes, beans, and lettuce.
   Such Actions like canning food could also be implemented. Just imagine the ability to make your own jar of fresh-made chilli with peppers, beans, tomatoes and meat, and carry it with you on your journey ahead.

Anyway, I Didnt see the idea posted and thought it may be an interesting topic of discussion. Imput is undoubtedly welcome.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Farming/gardening was mentioned by rocket as one possibility.  I would like to see it added in if it was at least partly realistic IE no fully grown apple trees in 3 hours from seed.  Stuff like tomatoes carrots celery cabbage potatoes would be nice even though in real life most of these would take around 90 days from seed to plate.  I think harvesting from existing farms and gardens should be possible (I'm looking at you pumpkins...I don't care if it is the zombie apoc, I'll find a way to make a pie of you yet) on top of whatever farming mechanic they have in mind.  Not like minecraft where you take the wheat plant and mill it down to flour (where really you take the SEEDS and mill them into flour).

 

I've mentioned this a couple of times in different threads, but I think growing sprouts should be viable, find a jar or other clear container, find some seeds, pour some water in, put in your pack, wait a day or two and you have sprouts to eat.

 

Also beans for mentioning canning/jarring, which along with salting meat should be a way to preserve food.

Edited February 20, 2014 by BigMike

[HarrisKevyn 14]

Immediately after posting this  I saw some other threads going for similar notions.  I Also saw the post that farming in some way would be implemented.

I Like the idea of sprouts you have. would alleviate the time between seed and plate. Especially if one was able to transport sprout from one garden to another. Then you wouldnt have to walk too far for them pumpkins.