My lovely sister bought me this computer game for Christmas. I thought it was cute and that I would enjoy it. Well, hell, the stupid thing is crack to plant addicts. I loaded it up last night and started growing plants. When you turn of the game, the plants keep growing, or not. When I loaded it this morning, my plants were dead because they didn't have enough water and they were infested with bugs. So I used most of my money on bug spray for dead plants. Then I had to buy new seeds, because I didn't save my seeds. Down to $35 I spent all day rebuilding my nursery and saving money. I know have over $200 again and healthy plants. There is a silver lining to this new obsession, you have to give the plants time to grow. After each planting, pruning, pollinating, and selling session, there is a period of time where nothing is going on. This produces time with nothing to do on the computer. I cleaned house, gave my potted plants worm castings, and potted up five snap dragons. I acheived more in my house and yard today than I have in the past week. Now, I just wish the internet had a time out feature or I had the self control to stay off of it.
I am probably going to love this game during the cold nasty days when I cannot actually garden.
Now there's my idea of a fun computer game, though it does sound dangerously addictive!!
ReplyDeleteAmy
I laughed a ton at you. I would be obsessed too! I want that game. It's the grown up version of the the cyber pets. I love my puter too and am so glad to have my new one.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to say that I love the jacket cover.
ReplyDeleteAmy, very addictive.
ReplyDeleteAnna, I know the whole thing is just too cute. Now I am hybridizing cyber plants.
Hello sister. I'm glad you love the game. I'm sure it will be a hit with all your blog/gardening buddies. BTW, here's the address to ping your blog. If anyone else wants it, all he/she has to do is replace your url with his/her own.
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You funny thing. What a great idea for a game!
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds fun!
I will have to check it out.
Best regards,
Philip
Sounds like fun. We have a game, a couple actually called Harvest Moon. I enjoy them very much. You can buy fertilizer to make the soil better and everything. The nice thing about this game though is that I can save and quit and when I start it up again it's in the same place that I left it in. I have 182,976 G (I think the g stands for gold). If I could just give myself some of that money for real life that would be awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great computer game! I know I would be addicted too. My daughter has "Harvest Moon"- another roll playing game as a life of a farmer and I could hardly stop playing it. I had to make myself stop because I was worried about becoming one of those creepy moms who's a video game addict. Kids talk ya' know. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Foxy it is a fun game, but now all my hybrid plants are croaking
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, it is fun
Cinj and Garden life, well that's just great now I know of another game I want;)
This game sounds like way way tooooo much fun. It might be a good thing that I don't have it, because then when would I garden for real, or blog?
ReplyDeleteI am living the dead plant problem right now. I was supposed to look after a friends houseplants, and with my Dad getting sick and all......I forgot to water them.
Now I am going to have to replace some crusty dried out Maidenhair ferns. Not a problem, just that she had them for so long. I think that they were rather special to her. And I feel terrible about it.
Jen
Good luck, they're kind of hard to find anymore. Well there's always online I suppose. Mine er, Peanut's are for the nintendo game cube. I wonder if they even make a version for the pc? I have to make myself quit too. Maybe I'll do a post about it sometime. That reminds me I still haven't done that highschool post. Where, oh where, does all the time go?
ReplyDeleteJen, sorry about the real plants.
ReplyDeleteCinj, by reading these comments, one of my sisters is already on the look out for that game.
LOL!
ReplyDeletePoor you!
Linda
Yes, Linda, I am pitiful.
ReplyDeleteAre you still in the plant business?
ReplyDeleteLOL! Sounds like great fun to me! And good winter entertainment for gardening withdrawal. :)
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