Should i create another silo before winter year 1?

[Pirana]

Or is it not needed

[Everfreefire]

Depends. I use extra silos just as a means to not deal with it, but I know some people just fill as chest up with hay and use that.

[Klaste]

Do the math. Animals x 28 > silo storage? Then yes. Otherwise no.

[Dee Twenty]

Depends on how many animals you have. Each silo holds 240 hay, for every animal you have you'll need 28 hay per Winter, so one full silo holds enough hay for about 8.5 animals.

[Pirana]

Originally posted by Dee Twenty:

Depends on how many animals you have. Each silo holds 240 hay, for every animal you have you'll need 28 hay per Winter, so one full silo holds enough hay for about 8.5 animals.

See i don't have many animals right now but was just thinking if i should save up when i get more. Or does the grass grow back in spring and stuff? Sorry i'm still kinda new

[Pirana]

Thank you guys for the help though!

[Dee Twenty]

Originally posted by Pirana_drana:

See i don't have many animals right now but was just thinking if i should save up when i get more. Or does the grass grow back in spring and stuff? Sorry i'm still kinda new

It'll grow back, along with a bunch of rocks, I have no idea how rocks regrow.

[Pirana]

Originally posted by Dee Twenty:

Originally posted by Pirana_drana:

See i don't have many animals right now but was just thinking if i should save up when i get more. Or does the grass grow back in spring and stuff? Sorry i'm still kinda new

It'll grow back, along with a bunch of rocks, I have no idea how rocks regrow.

ahh thank you so much!

[DrGhostJelly]

It'll grow back but I would still plant some near where your animals are/will be since it takes a while for grass to spread.

[alicat1235]

You can also buy some grass starter from pierre's if the grass didn't spawn in the place you want it. As long as it isn't being eaten by an animal, the grass will expand and there will be more and more of it. So you will always have unlimited grass. I tend to make a big field in a corner of my farm and go through it, leaving patches (so it regrows), whenever I need more hay!

[Wraith_Magus]

Grass grows pretty fast on its own unless it is blocked by something like rocks, trees, buildings, or oddly enough, weeds. I haven't done exact scinece, but it seems fairly fast, on the order of a 50% chance per tile of grass near a patch of dirt (with geometric growth rates when uncontained) or maybe even a single tile per day... Except in Winter.

Also, keep in mind, you can technically go into your coop/barn (if not upgraded) and "withdraw" a hundred or two hay, stuff it in a chest, and then go cut grass until the silo is full again to sustain more than 8 animals through a Winter, so long as you're willing to forgo the auto-feeder.

Also also, keep in mind that silos have infinite range. Feel free to shove them in the far Southwest corner of your farm.

[Pirana]

Originally posted by Wraith_Magus:

Grass grows pretty fast on its own unless it is blocked by something like rocks, trees, buildings, or oddly enough, weeds. I haven't done exact scinece, but it seems fairly fast, on the order of a 50% chance per tile of grass near a patch of dirt (with geometric growth rates when uncontained) or maybe even a single tile per day... Except in Winter.

Also, keep in mind, you can technically go into your coop/barn (if not upgraded) and "withdraw" a hundred or two hay, stuff it in a chest, and then go cut grass until the silo is full again to sustain more than 8 animals through a Winter, so long as you're willing to forgo the auto-feeder.

Also also, keep in mind that silos have infinite range. Feel free to shove them in the far Southwest corner of your farm.

Just did that thanks!

[timewar]

Originally posted by Dee Twenty:

Originally posted by Pirana_drana:

See i don't have many animals right now but was just thinking if i should save up when i get more. Or does the grass grow back in spring and stuff? Sorry i'm still kinda new

It'll grow back, along with a bunch of rocks, I have no idea how rocks regrow.

People throw rocks at your scarecrows in winter. It keeps them from coming to life...
but you don't see the rocks until the snow melts.

[Wraith_Magus]

Originally posted by timewar:

Originally posted by Dee Twenty:

It'll grow back, along with a bunch of rocks, I have no idea how rocks regrow.

People throw rocks at your scarecrows in winter. It keeps them from coming to life...
but you don't see the rocks until the snow melts.

No, no. You see, all that snow is actually a really thin glacier (it's been dieting), and it's leaving behind glacial erratics[en.wikipedia.org]. Also, it leaves behind branches and trunks of partially petrified ("hardwood") trees.