Greg's Halloween Event- October 2022

I never saw anything either! SURPRISE! Yesterday I got 2 gifts!

Finally saw a HD FB post about Greg’s Pumpkins. I guess better late than never. There was no info as to the last day to pick up the prizes.

IIRC, last year we had until Nov 3rd to collect all the gifts, BUT, that event started on Oct. 24th. It seemed like we had a few days to collect the gifts after the final one was available to collect.

I’ve not seen anything official. I counted (found) 8 as well.

It’s 8 in total.

Dear greenleaf, 

I would be pleased if you're right. But I'm not sure about that 'cause I got word for 2 permits in the last pumpkin. However, it's of course not for sure, only speculation. 

The Halloween event last year was nice, but not outstanding. I had the impression that SC was a little bit more reluctant with deco in comparison with the previous year. Hence I hope there will be an improvement this year. Fingers crossed. 

I want this one! Too funny!

Used the fences given by gregs pumpkin along with a few extra I've bought to upgrade my grave scene in the horse paddock 😁

I can't live without Rose and Ernest, all I have to do is make sure I have enough crops from the first crops page in the silo and those two take care of the rest. I love them :-)

And I believe the apple dunker is going to be available with cash towards Thanksgiving, maybe? 

Dear members,

I have to tell you that I wasn't a friend of Rose and Ernest as well for a very long time. But I changed my mind, they are awesome. Don't delete them, use them instead. You'll appreciate it, believe me. Just give it a try.

I try and make sure to catch them right when their time is up to hire them for 10% less.

The only drawback, Rose feeding the animals does not count towards derby feeding tasks and requires to stop her services for the time it takes to finish the derby task... But, Rose feeding does count towards valley tasks, so it is fun to wake up and have 3 free valley fuel spins just from Rose doing her job. 

Ack to Eturtle .

Besides, Rose gives you additional tools now and then for feeding the animals. You have only to ensure the basics provided for the feed. (Soybean, corn, carrot, wheat) Also important are the settings for Rose. Tap on Rose, on the little wheel -> How does Rose work? -> choose the setting which suits you. I feel most comfortable with the setting on the left.

If you use Ernest you have to pay attention for the basics as well. This would be always enough sugarcane for sugar and syrup. He also needs milk and goat milk for the corresponding products like cream, cheese e.g.

The first time you have to look a little bit more until you get used to it. If so, enjoy! Really, I don't exaggerate, they are both great. And I was a really "non-believer"....

I understand your reluctance very well. I didn't liked Rose and Ernest either. When I used them previously they left a mess for me. I wasn't amused about that because I had to clean up a chaos. That were my thoughts. I was done with both. Meanwhile I know I didn't made the effort to deal the right way with them. Now I do.

All of a sudden I tried them again. And this time I didn't failed. Like I already mentioned the first time I observed them and adjusted the settings, but after a while I let them do their work. Very relaxing. Sometimes it's not that bad to give something you don't like a second try. Be aware, you can loose nothing, only win. Experience, for example, and more comfort.

And that is something. 

I do actually hire Ernest permanently and I think he’s amazing! So many products use cream and butter now that I don’t think my farm could manage without him. But Rose is a menace for me. I think it’s because when I’m at work I can’t get on for long periods of time so I can’t replenish my silo often enough for her and she runs out of crops, but neglectfully collects all the animal products in any case without any thought as to where their next meal is coming from. I just find the starving animals unnecessarily traumatic after a hard day at work lol!