What's your farm style?

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Originally Posted by Shealie54

LOL! My sentiments EXACTLY when finding no help sign at the boat dock! Trees!! Wheee!!!

I'm sure my farm could be classified as "busy," and I'm quite fine with that. I've tried to pattern it after an English cottage garden which contains, flowers, fruits, veggies, a few decorations, some green space to give the eye a rest, and some places for the farmer and guests to sit down and have a cup of tea. I've hidden my unattractive sauce machine and will no doubt hide any future machines if they don't suit my aesthetic. Who knows, I may even take to hiding one or two of the less attractive machines that I already own, such as the cake or pie ovens. I've built a farm that I would love to jump into. There are so many different farm styles out there. I don't do "neat and orderly," but I don't like random chaos either, both of which I see aplenty. My favorite farms to visit are picturesque and seem to tell a story. I have started adding evergreens because they punctuate all of the fruit trees so beautifully and create an entirely different feel. In fact, my own garden is very similar. So is my house.

So feel free to judge me as "busy." I call it cozy. Different strokes for different folks! :)

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i love your farm, its so pretty. My farm is boring compaired to my neighbors. I just hate lots of clutter. I have plenty of open spaces for my new machines and my last goat pen.

IRL I train horses for a living so safety and functionality are important to me when tending animals. I want them close by so I can see from the house if there's a problem, and I don't want to walk too far for chores. With the predator problem on my Hay Day farm (foxes) I decided to keep all my animals protected in a compound behind the house. Also, my attack cat is always on patrol.

I used to have ponds and trees set up to look like a long creek and I will again after my next expansion. (I've been waiting on one #*!%^¥}! land deed for a while now.)

My machines are spaced far enough apart for walking paths to each of them because I don't like walking in the mud.

I don't have statues, hedges, or fancy walls, and the many flowers are mostly hidden, as are any topiaries and deco items. Things peek out from behind bushes, trees, and machines, but they are not obvious. A lot of native trees remain, joined by bearing trees, and berry bushes, coffee beans are stuffed in wherever. Until the last two updates there were six pieces of land still undeveloped; now there are three. My farm is full - in my eyes gloriously full, to others maybe it appears chaotically so. I like it. I enjoy seeing the variety of farm styles and appreciate the effort that goes into them. Some are amazing displays of artistic glory, some admirable examples of organization. It's fun to see them all.

my farm has to make sense to me... as in I have to be able to "access" everything and walk around without bumping into tall ungainly gold statues of pigs or golden walls or oddly shaped topiary trees.

I'm sure many of you would think my farm "busy", but for me, if I were standing at the back door of my house, I can see and get to everything quickly... and if at the front, I can see and tend to my guests. I figure if I can live and work there comfortably, then I'm happy :)

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Originally Posted by Gamof3

Most of the farms I have seen that are really crowded seem to have tons of the fruit trees and bushes filling in every possible space. Pretty when they are all in bloom or loaded with the fruit. But they are a pain to find the trees and bushes that need (watering)

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Lol - I set my farm up like this on purpose because I like how it looks. I'm so glad I didn't clear cut my farm, and am vainly resisting clearing any more (even though I realize I'm going to have to eventually). I like the semi-wild look; the perfectly arranged feel makes me twitchy - too "city" for me. I have learned to appreciate some really nicely arranged farms like that though.

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Originally Posted by Samba

Lol - I set my farm up like this on purpose because I like how it looks. I'm so glad I didn't clear cut my farm, and am vainly resisting clearing any more (even though I realize I'm going to have to eventually). I like the semi-wild look; the perfectly arranged feel makes me twitchy - too "city" for me. I have learned to appreciate some really nicely arranged farms like that though.

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I like your farm, for the reason that I have to hunt for what needs watering sometimes, haha.

Sometimes, I cant see what needs help on a friends farm, so I just start randomly clicking around and a few times I've actually hit the shrub that's been marked lol

i do like the farms that have it all bunched together and no particular order. I would like to do that to my farm, but I just can never seem to. I guess mine is orderly. I don't think it's overcrowded, but it guess some might. I have lots of trees, because I would love to own property covered with lots of trees. I tried to make a nice backyard behind my house.

i have an okay sized area for my pets and I still have room for the 1 machine I have left to buy.

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Originally Posted by PerkyCox

We like space too -- but mostly because we like to change our field art, write messages, make pictures, etc with our fields. That takes space! But sometimes we like to spread things out -- so we compact our fields and move the trees around. That is where we are now.

Other times we like to get all our tacky stuff out of storage and do something with it -- make a wedding chapel or a New Year's party or a Forest O'Surprise.

What is happening on our farm varies with the phases of the moon and what's going on with us -- and our name changes a lot too. So we just have fun with it -- this is an organic farm that grows and changes :)

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Hi Perkycox, I had heard of your wedding chapel, from Lady Jem, I think, and have been meaning to ask you about it. We think that there is going to be a rash of engaged couples seeking a wedding venue after Lady Jem's Valentine's Day Soirée, and your chapel would be the first choice for many. Perhaps you could drop by the New Year's Party thread to discuss, please?

My farm is probably crammed to many other people because I LOVE to decorate. It could've been even more crowded but I spaced out my machines some but that takes away plot space so I might have to rethink that. The right side of my farm is crammed but the left is more spaced out because that's where I have my plots & production machines. I don't have every single spot on my farm filled because that would drive me crazy with everything crammed together. I really wish SC would put out an outdate to give us more land to expand. It's interesting to read everyone's point of view & why they feel that way.

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Originally Posted by randomchic12

My farm is probably crammed to many other people because I LOVE to decorate. It could've been even more crowded but I spaced out my machines some but that takes away plot space so I might have to rethink that. The right side of my farm is crammed but the left is more spaced out because that's where I have my plots & production machines. I don't have every single spot on my farm filled because that would drive me crazy with everything crammed together. I really wish SC would put out an outdate to give us more land to expand. It's interesting to read everyone's point of view & why they feel that way.

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Most of my machines are set out along the road so that weary travellers, or Sunday drivers can stop and have an ice cream, or a glass of raspberry mocha or sit at the picnic table and eat their sandwiches or salad while enjoying a freshly squeezed juice. At the moment, I am hosting a Winter carnival where visitors can buy toffee apples, popcorn or other baked goods while enjoying strolling around the fair grounds. Natural trees provide shade for them, there are benches and flower beds. I think it's definitely a destination.