I don't know what im doing wrong. At one point i had 1800 food. I have had no bad disasters, i even had a good one where a monkey was caught trying to steal and we found his banana stash. But I have 5 farmers for the one farm i have. And i have 14 people, all grown but 2 kids and a baby. 5 Farmers 5 Researchers (few are crosstrained builders/master builders who do work when needed) but my food is down to 100 and the Farm doesnt seem to produce even enough for 14 people. How on earth could you ever get to 65 villagers when the only source of food is one farm plot. I have level 2 everything and working toward Harvest level 3 to get fishing, but it will be awhile i have 23,000 tech points and i think i need 50,000. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

PS My garden finally bloomed, took forever. Is there any hints for farming, or maybe somehow to get a second farm or something because i just cant keep enough food and the berry bush has 1 berry on it (has since before i even got the farm i dunno how its still got a berry left.)

Please respond quickly if anyone has tips/suggestions!!!

I had to pause until i get some feedback, i have 8 food left and the Farm still hasnt grown a crop. Sigh...i dunno what to do, i have a lot of time over the past few days put into this i dont wanna start over. Help me pleaseeee.

Wheres god mode when you need it (old die hard gamer lol )

The farm was never intended to support 65 villagers - that's why there's another level of Harvesting technology! Your population is pushing the limits of how many villagers can be fed from the farm's produce. I normally don't go beyond 12 villagers until my villagers know how to fish, unless I've decided to flirt with disaster. You can always choose to play in such a way that your villagers are frequently on the brink of starvation, in order to have more villagers working on things. There is a certain sense of satisfaction when they are saved from starvation in the nick of time. Your villagers won't die right away when they run out of food, since it takes some time to starve to death!

Once your villagers know how to fish, food will never be an issue, as long as you have a sufficient number of them working on the food supply. Most experienced players seem to choose to research all of the levels of Harvesting as quickly as possible, so that food is not an issue and research goes much faster with the larger population that fishing allows.

Thanks, but i think this is going to be tough, im goign to have to harvest like crazy to keep up now, which means pulling people off research so i dunno lol. Dangit!!

That's one of the many interesting things about this game - you have lots of choices! And those choices can be difficult, sometimes! Another interesting thing is that the game allows you to experience the full consequences of your choices!!

The reality is that there is only a finite amount of food on the farm with each crop cycle. Once the current crop is gone, you could put every villager you have on farming and they still won't be able to harvest anything until the next crop matures. They can plant and water, but the crops still have to grow - and that takes time.

Yes i am beginning to see that regardless how many people watering, it wont be faster. So esseintially while its growing, only one farmer is necessary. Is this a correct assumption? But once its grown, you can have 8 harvesters to harvest faster? I pulled most of my farmers off and put them on research. Sadly i dont think they will make it. Im up to 28000 tech and im still 22000 short of level 3. At least my beach is clean and ready to go when i hit level 3 harvest. Maybe with 7 researchers i will get there soon! My first old woman died.

As a side not for an improvement. I notice the tombstone only says what they were when they died. She was a Master Scientist, Trainee Farmer, Adept Parent, but the tombstone only says Trainee Farmer. Would it be possible to put all the stats for them on the stone so you could see who was your most skilled person? That would be a good idea at least i think so.

Research Crazy now...

Oh god its too intense, i have all but one person in weakened state, im at 41000 tech, and the only healthy person is a 3 year old. Im screwed! Two people are in the red. I have 9 researchers going hard.

Dontcha just LOVE the suspense?!!?

*Passes out...*