Sleeping for a week and sleeping with wife

[tre1965vor]

I am at the end of May and have to wait till middle of July to but my first tractor so was wondering if I slept for a week will my wife still get up daily to collect eggs and milk. Secondly I can't seem to get my wife to bed at same time as I so can't reproduce. I tell her its bedtime and she says she's tired and would come to bed soon but I wait and doesn't come to join me ?

[Merck]

Collection of eggs & milk is done during normal day periods. Either by you or your wife. If you sleep for a week, there is no egg or milk collection. Initially it is recommended to sleep only one day at a time, so that you can maximize your income from eggs & milk (also don't forget to "upgrade" these items before selling them).

Also, don't bother waiting for your wife. She heads to bed after you have pressed the "sleep" button. Eventually she will become pregnant, & you will then afterwards see a new addition to your family. Talking to your wife, & complimenting her, is still a good thing. And maintain raw foods in the pantry, so that she can have the resources to cook higher level foods. She will cook items during evenings, & rainy days.

There are multiple postings in the pinned forum: A quick guide for new players..., which address both these issues.

NOTE: Do not sleep a week, over the end of season time. When close to the end of the season switchover, sleep only one day per time. Sleeping a week at this time, can cause fall planted crops to disappear before the next spring.

NOTE 2: You can press the sleep button at any time. So if in a rush to finish a bit of days. Just collect the eggs & milk, & then head back up to bedroom to "sleep" a night, once again.

[tre1965vor]

I leave the eggs and milk for my wife to collect, is this wrong or is it ok, I planted 5 fields in the first week of season but now have to wait for crops growing so hopefully can harvest before middle of July to afford new equipment.

[lonittorka]

Your wife collect the eggs and milk only if you leave the farm. If you stay at farm she do not collect - do not ask me how far you had to drive. The daily missions give you some money and social points too. Use your greenhouse at farm an cook the pumkins. I use the tomatos for missions too. It depends what you plaant at your fileds. Look at the agro market what is good to sell and what is a good time for store or sell the products.

[tre1965vor]

So i should stop jumping up and down on her bed whilst she is in it i guess lol. I also bought her some chocolates but don't get dialog to give them to her. if i give them to another lady will she get jealous and sleep in separate beds lol

[Merck]

If you gift things, or compliment another lady after you are married, then that lady will comment something like, "What does your wife think about you doing that?".

Some players will leave "gift" items in the pantry for the wife. But once married, such things seem of less importance.

Don't forget you can purchase other greenhouses, which are located at various locations around the map. Growing greenhouse plants are a "long-term" enterprise, but all the other greenhouses have automatic watering systems, so they are mainly a plant & forget, until harvest projects. You can view the status of plants in the TAB screen.

Growing & then upgrading foods, then storing them until the September Festival, is a very good revenue option. I also regularly talk to NPC's, to see if any are willing to "trade". I then buy all raw food items they may have, which I then upgrade, or leave in pantry for the wife to make better foods. Selling some back to the NPC's for a steady income stream, & then storing the remainder in the pantry for the upcoming Festival.

There are still projects you can do while waiting for the harvest to arrive:

1. Collect mushrooms & berries.
   
2. Enter contests such as the drone races, or mushroom picking contests.
   
   • Note: I often mow around "known" such contest areas, which will make it much easier to pick the mushrooms during the contests.
3. During travels around the map, pick apples from the various groves of trees. NPC's don't seem to care if you harvest from the trees in their areas. You can then make these apples into various better items to sell back to them.
   
4. Locating any remaining Treasure chests can be done during this time.
   
5. There will still be a bunch "jobs" that become available.
   
6. Plant flowers around your properties, & adjacent lands. These will provide some additional SP, & the nearby bees will enjoy them. You can also harvest the flowers to sell at the September Festival or use for gifts.

So you can have a whole bunch of things to keep you occupied while waiting for your crops to mature.

I personally like to mow all my properties. At one time I had my own personal "contest" to mow as much of the map as possible... I usually use the old drag (cultivator), to mow large areas. Just be cautious near fields, since there is often overlap between the crops & the weeds at field edges. On your fields you might only reduce the field crops, but on other's areas you may also lower your SP by encroaching on their fields. This is the reason I often run an extra pass around fields while doing any cultivating.

[tre1965vor]

thanks for all the help, i found the last post so helpful i printed it out and the next day my crops were ready to harvest lol