Farm Town

Don’t get caught up in farm town unless you have a lot of free time. Farm Town is an application in face book that allows you to start a farm. You can plant seeds and harvest crops, or plant trees and harvest them. You can have animals on your farm, people give you gifts of trees, flowers and animals, and as you farm, you earn experience points which allow you to grow more types of crops or trees. When you earn a certain number of experience points you can buy more land and house, barns and silos. You can also purchase wagons, ponds and lakes, dirt paths and fences.

I started with 4-5 plots of land and am now on level 26 but it takes time to plow, plant and harvest. Some of the crops are ready in 2 hours while others can take up to 4 days. To make a substantial amount of money without waiting forever, you need to plant and harvest a lot of 2 and 4 hour crops. Unfortunately, you can’t just leave them once they are mature. If you don’t harvest within a certain amount of time, your crops go to waste and you lose money. You find yourself planning your life around your planting and harvest times.

You are not alone in doing this, you have neighbors and buddies, so you don’t have to harvest your crops yourself -- you can go to the market place and hire someone to come harvest for you. Or take a part time job and earn extra money by harvesting other people’s farms. Once you reach a certain level you can hire others to plow for you. If you’re tired of farming and want to just talk, you can go to the pub. I have met some interesting people this way.

At first, you can’t wait to get up to a level to buy a barn or house. Soon you’re adding flowers, fences and square footage. Then your creative side kicks in and you are creating words and designs with different colored plants. Some of the farms are themed around one animal such as cows, dogs or cats. Others go all out and add beaches, castles and playgrounds. Several have water themed parks on their farm.

I have to get back to my Farm. I planted 4 hour grapes and it’s time to harvest.
See you on the Farm.