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• tinkknitz Posts: 1,278 Member

  January 2015

  How about the Old Mill? The Tea set is fun and you get the canning station (though I haven't tried it yet). There is an Exchange lot by a Guru on next to it, called Stoney Falls at The Old Mill. They are perfect on those two lots. There are lots of vegetables and if you know how to add fish, you can do that.
  
  I also highly recommend Business as Usual Bistro if you don't have it already. It goes everywhere and turns any open building into a restaurant. Try it at The Old Mill

  What do I put for a signature once I have been gifted so much that I own The Store? anybody? Bueller?

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• FishkickingGiraffe Posts: 544 Member

  January 2015

  If you're going for a farm theme then I strongly recommend getting the Bohemian Fruit and Nuts
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:72092&categoryId=13177&section=UpSell
  
  They work with the bakery and canning station as well as with the nectar maker so pretty versatile. I have the chickens and cows and to be honest I tend to use them as decorative objects rather than interact with them. Other people play them a lot more. The items that come with those two sets I do use in quite a few of my lots as I like the farmy/country look.
  
  Country Living (chickens)
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=14031&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:63813&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=14442
  
  Old mill (canning station/waterwheel)
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=14535&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:72837&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=14442
  
  Farm Fresh (cows)
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=14219&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:68674&pcategoryId=12856&ppcategoryId=14218
  
  Provence (no premium content but useful items for this theme)
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=12620&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:22998&pcategoryId=12861&ppcategoryId=12619
  
  Harvest bounty (freebie deco)
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductListing.html?catalogId=10143&categoryId=&scategoryId=12203&pcategoryId=12858&ppcategoryId=12203
  
  Frontier finds (no premium content but useful items)
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?scategoryId=12996&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:35696
  
  I'd also check out some of the items from the Fairy sets. Not all fit in with farming/country but there are some bits and bobs there.
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductListing.html?scategoryId=13815
  
  Most of the sets are available as individual items so you can cherry pick the bits you like. Happy shopping

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• Thrippa Posts: 678 Member

  January 2015

  The Old Mill also include cucumbers and working (albeit odd-looking) corn plants, I believe. In addition to the fake 'real'-looking plants. Useful for a farming set up.

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• SemaviLady Posts: 526 Member

  January 2015

  The tractor was mentioned but I don't think anyone linked to Grandpa's Grove so I'm adding it here, as the OP wanted to know about farming themed sets.
  
  Grandpa's Grove
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:70461
  
  If a person owns the Seasons expansion, they will have to deal with seasonal disruption of harvesting, and for that it's handy to have the greenhouse.
  
  Stones Throw Greenhouse
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:
  
  OP also asked about bugginess. I think issues with the greenhouse have been resolved. But if using the 'roof decorations' that give glassy tops to greenhouses, as I understand it, they need the top level underneath the glass roofs to have a floor layered there so the building is weather tight. If someone knows better, they can share.
  
  While getting all these things can be super expensive if you buy full price, there are also options for free sim points from advertisements, there seems to be a lot of gifting; also via daily deals and weekly sales one can work out ways to help with costs of various sets or just get some of the premium items. Like the chicken coop alone, the tractor, and other such things.
  
  This is such an enormous game that I think none of us probably ever really explore the full potential of what we already own!
  

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