Gardening
Put plants in soil and coax food and flowers out of the ground.
~$80Cost to start
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1–3 hrTime / session
2 setup steps, ~$80 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
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MessSome cleanupSpaceOpen area
The path13 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$27
- Work out what light your space actually gets
- Get a trowel, gloves and a watering can
Then the quests
- Keep a houseplant alive for a month
- Grow easy flowers from seed
- Pick or harvest something you grew
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