decorate your farm

[linda]

what do I need to harvest to get a lot of money to decorate my farm faster? just started playing 1st of may lol and i need som advice thanks!

[Viracer]

Hello. I started just a week or so before you. My starter advice is:

1) Begin by following the quests. Once you're level 5 or 6 or so, doing more and more of your own thing is much easier.

1a) On Logins, prioritize working quest crops if they're in season.

2) Before you log off for some extended period of time, try to have as many longer term crops going as possible whose harvest time will correspond with your approximate return time. They tend to pay more on harvest when you get back.

3) As you level, pay attention to the market. Some crops will turn from star locked (level locked) to locked. This means you could unlock it if another crop is harvested enough to reach a certain level. Those would have better returns.

4) Start planning organization early. Just a day or two ago I unlocked my 3rd land plot and am doing a fair bit or organization work along side of crop management just to be able to find everything.

Once you're decently planned and organized, having spare crops for just cash and gems becomes much easier to manage. You will be poor early, don't worry about it, the returns grow fairly quickly.

Don't be quick to buy every medal costing item outside of fuel. (In which case I suggest buying 2 or 3).

Keep in mind there is Farmer level and Farm Level. I tend to ignore farmer level as you can easily boost your level early by visiting other farms and harvesting. Farm level is what's going to increase your land. TMK, you increase that by working your farm, though I think XP boosts that affect that are going by working other's farms.

As I said, I'm new too, if anyone else wants to put in their 2 cents, go for it.

[NashEquil]

1) Do your quests as much as you can. They unlock ribbons early that you need for things like Gas Stations, that will allow you to use your tractor more.
2) Also, pay attention to the season on the store window for each crop. Plan your farm so that you always have something to do. When I first started, I would run out of money, and sometimes have to wait for 2 seasons (34 minutes) before I could play again.
3) Cost per minute! Here is a list of the crops that give the best experience and $$ per minute in the game
Experience per minute: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1320066691
Gold per minute: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1318531437

Like Viracer said above... what crops you plant should be based on your play time. Always harvesting means you are making money, so plant so you always have something to do! So plan well, and have fun!

[didiguns]

These are good suggestions - well researched and accurate, but the guide is only true IF you are online & harvesting each crop as soon as it is ready. When I started, I binged, and was farming constantly. These crops make great cash-cows in that case. But getting back to life, I can only get in-game for an hour or two per day, and needed to find a decent alternative to still see decent growth. This is my experience, yours may vary as your time online may vary:

1- YES; do quests. they provide the best XP, Gold, Diamonds & ribbons considering you also get credit for the crops simultaneously. But I avoid/drop quests that require several days to complete.

2- Gold actually will take care of itself, as every crop is profitable in some way. For a high gold yield with little time investment, I try to plant a good bit of Sunflower. It is a high-profit crop and requires only that I harvest once or twice a say, as this is convenient for me. It also is a great xp crop and has a good return on diamonds, which you will find you have more of than are really needed for anything (diamonds are used mostly for decorative items).

3- The things that make your farm more efficient (fuel stations, points of interest, sprinklers, jam & honey stands, etc) are purchased mostly with ribbons, so you need to find a way to get a steady income of these. Quests help, but are not enough for quick growth.
a- Honeycombs are easiest, as they are purchased with diamonds, and harvest only 1/day
you can get 1 ribbon per 20 honeycombs once you have a honey stand (i was quickly
able to build 200 for 10 ribbons per day) They require no maintenance, but must be
harvested individually, no tractors.
b- Cattle are a second good source, 1 ribbon per 250 cows, with a dairy & cheese stand
The downside is that they require frequent feedings unless you buy a feeder for every 12
cows (at 4 ribbons per feeder, the value is debatable)
Jerseys are cheapest, but I would upgrade when affordable, for better xp/gold return
c- Fruit trees are also a good source with a few fruit presses and a jam stand
you get 1 ribbon per 500 trees, but apple trees are cheap and harvest every season
use tamarind trees if you can afford it, as the xp & gold return every season is much better
Also, trees do not need feeding, watering, or other maintenance to produce

4- For a very good xp & gold source, I like to set aside a fairly large fish-farm area for swordfish, as soon as I can unlock them. They are expensive to start, but require no maintenance, and can be harvested a couple of times per day with an excellent return.

Your farm is of course yours to make in your own image. I have simply found that using this as a template, I can then quickly afford to plant, decorate, and grow pretty much anything I want without worrying about running out of money.