Thanks, ladycfii - my berry bush *was* under 300 at the time. The bad farmers are up to 6 crops per trip now, but fishing has cured my famine. Yay!

I've had some stupid villagers on easy level, so I'm not risking the hard level any time soon, Sunnygirl. Dropping a villager five times on a new skill should really be enough to learn once, don't ya think?!!? *sigh*

I'm currently dealing with a baby boom in one village - 20 villagers, and 10 are kids!! A farmer I renamed Bam Bam snuck off and bred with 4 women within 1 minute of each other after I bred him with *one*, making 5 kids! I leave the room for five minutes, and I've got cooing women everywhere. (I know he was the culprit because the kids all have farmer skill, and Bam Bam was the only male with any breeding skill at the time.) Master Farmer, indeed! lol.

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